Surrounded by TSX Group employees and executives, chairman of the board Wayne Fox and Ontario Finance Minister Janet Ecker, CEO Barbara Stymiest today opened trading at the Toronto Stock Exchange and celebrated the company’s listing — a first for a stock exchange in North America.

TSX Group Inc. becomes the first exchange in North America and the eighth stock exchange in the world to become a public company. “We believe that the addition of new shareholders to our shareholder base will position our organization well to serve the interest of everyone in the capital markets,” said Stymiest, in a news release. “We continue to serve the interests of issuers, investors and intermediaries. Our IPO is a great step forward for the TSX.”