ASE and the European Stock Exchange

In 2007, the Greek government took the first steps to get the Athens Stock Exchange listed with Euronext, a European Stock Exchange Group. As the second largest stock exchange in the world, Euronext provides many benefits and opportunities for its members. In 2008, representatives of the ASE signed the "Link Up Markets" agreement. This program is designed to ease trading and fees between European stock exchanges. As a result of these actions, the security risk of the ASE was upgraded in 2008 to make reflect higher levels of security for investors.