On the podcast this week we have the Founder and CEO of the Aquis Exchange in London, Alasdair Haynes.
Aquis has positioned itself as a multi-divisional business that goes beyond its roots as a challenger stock exchange. In the wake of a strong set of results, Alasdair walks us through his vision for Aquis and why he feels it can compete in London as an alternative exchange.
Despite the tough economic climate, all four of Aquis’ divisions are experiencing double digit growth. What is powering that and what role can the business play in providing scale up capital for entrepreneurs?
This is also a great opportunity to hear from the CEO of a challenger exchange about what needs to be done to improve the quality of equity markets in the UK. How can share trading be democratised? And how can we inject better liquidity into UK capital markets?
We also discuss how more needs to be done by stock exchanges to improve the technology infrastructure underlying equity markets which is particularly relevant for exchanges across the world that want to improve the way they engage with retail investors.
