Eastern Europe’s issuers are beginning to see the potential of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE) as a listing platform due to the successful efforts of Deutsche Boerse and its listing partners to promote the stock exchange in the CIS countries during the last year.
Previously, the FSE was simply not on the radar of Russian and Ukrainian companies – unlike London, which has heavily promoted its exchange for years. Today, Russian and Ukrainian issuers have more information to compare listing costs and opportunities. The listings of CIS companies on the FSE are treated as priority, both by Deutsche Boerse and the listing partners. Russian and Ukrainian issuers sense the opportunities in being ‘first in Frankfurt’ rather than ‘last in London’.
