National Stock Exchange of Australia selects Aquis Equinox technology to bring world-class trading platform to Australia

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.