EuroCTP B.V., selected in December 2025 and authorized by ESMA on July 27, 2026, will begin distributing unified market data on September 14, aggregating feeds from approximately 130 trading venues across the European Union, including the European Best Bid and Offer benchmark showing the best available buying and selling prices. Access will be free for non-professional investors and regulated entities, while professional users will pay tiered fees. Goldman Sachs analysts predict this enhanced transparency will attract increased investment flows into EU equities. Europe is effectively catching up with the United States, which established a similar system in 1974.
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