Press Release

The National Stock Exchange of Australia Limited (NSX) and Aquis Exchange Limited (Aquis), a subsidiary of SIX Group AG, today announce a landmark partnership under which NSX will incorporate the market-leading Aquis Equinox matching engine alongside advanced market surveillance tools into its platform.

The initiative will transform NSX’s market infrastructure into a next-generation trading environment designed for high-performance low-latency execution, with the capacity to support future market growth and product development across equities and equity-like instruments. The new platform will provide reliability, resilience, integrity and security to the Australian capital markets.

Max Cunningham, NSX CEO and MD, said: “NSX is delighted to partner with Aquis to implement the next iteration of its equity trading platform. This technology establishes the NSX as a world-class provider of trading services and an increasingly attractive platform for the global investment community.

“We are grateful to our parent company, CNSX Global Markets, for supporting this partnership which meaningfully advances our exchange. This investment and the rollout of Aquis Equinox will bring a trading platform with cutting edge low-latency and the highest order volume capacity to the Australian market. This will enable new product rollout and materially improve broker connectivity to trade securities on NSX. This is positive news for investors, issuers and market participants in Australia.”

David Stevens, Aquis CEO, said: “We are pleased that the National Stock Exchange of Australia has chosen Aquis as its technology partner. This further demonstrates the quality and strength of our world-class matching engine, Equinox, and reinforces its resilience, scalability and performance. “NSX is on an exciting growth trajectory, and Aquis is proud to play a key role in supporting its continued expansion. As we further enhance our platform and deliver high-performance solutions globally, we look forward to continuing to grow our technology offering and client base in the years ahead.” As part of the migration, NSX will engage with ASIC and relevant stakeholders to ensure that the transition to the new platform is seamless. Further details regarding the implementation timeline and technical specifications will be provided in due course.

About NSX

The National Stock Exchange of Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of NSX Limited, was formed in 1937 as the Newcastle Stock Exchange. NSX listed on the ASX and changed its name to the National Stock Exchange of Australia in 2006. In 2025 NSX was privatised by CNSX Global Markets.

NSX has a Tier 1 market operator licence for the listing and trading of equity securities, corporate debt and miscellaneous investment scheme units. NSX clears and settles trades via CHESS.

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About CNSX Global Markets, Inc

CNSX Global Markets, Inc is the parent entity which owns the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), founded in 2003. With a history of tenacious innovation, CSE is an equities exchange focused on micro-cap and small-cap issuers that has grown to over 750 listings. On 24 October 2025, NSX became a wholly owned subsidiary of CNSX Global Markets, Inc.

About Aquis Exchange

Aquis Exchange (Aquis) is Europe’s challenger exchange, creating better markets for a modern economy. Aquis has market-leading technology and innovative rules for trading, and offers primary listings and secondary trading of equities, along with global licensing of proprietary technology. Aquis consists of four divisions:

1. Aquis Markets operates lit and dark order books, covering 16 European markets. For its lit books, Aquis uses a subscription pricing model which works by charging users according to the message traffic they generate, rather than a percentage of the value of each stock that they trade.
2. Aquis Technologies is the software and technology division of Aquis. It focuses on building better markets via the creation and licensing of cutting-edge, cost-effective exchange infrastructure technology and services, including matching engine and trade surveillance solutions.
3. Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE) is a stock market providing primary and secondary markets for equity and debt products. It is authorised as a Recognised Investment Exchange, which allows it to operate a regulated listings venue. The AQSE Growth Market is divided into two segments 'Access' and 'Apex' - the Access market focuses on earlier stage growth companies, while Apex is the intended market for larger, more established businesses.
4. Aquis Data generates revenue from the sale of data derived from Aquis Markets and Aquis Stock Exchange to non-Member market participants.

Aquis is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and France's Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and L’Autorité des marchés financiers to operate Multilateral Trading Facility businesses in the UK and Switzerland markets and in EU27 markets respectively.

Aquis is part of SIX: the provider and operator of stable and efficient infrastructure for the Swiss and Spanish financial centres. For more information, please go to www.aquis.eu.

About SIX

SIX serves the Swiss and Spanish financial centres and a broad international client base, offering stable and efficient infrastructure services. SIX operates stock exchanges and provides services in post trading, financial information as well as the payments business. The company is owned by its users (about 120 financial institutions).

For media enquiries, please contact marketing@aquis.eu or media@nsx.com.au.

For product enquiries regarding Aquis Equinox, please contact sales@aquis.technology.

NSX Media Enquiries:

Name: Max Cunningham

Email: media@nsx.com.au

Contact: +61 2 9233 0100

New initiatives are subject to regulatory approval