Euronext Expert Market is an electronically traded market based on Euronext’s Universal Trading Platform (UTP), offering a transparent and secure platform for the sale of non-listed securities by public auction. Based in Belgium, it is classed as a Multilateral Trading Facility and is the first market of its kind in Europe to be set up by an Exchange.

Public auctions take place every Tuesday  for securities, bonds and other fixed income instruments.

Euronext Expert Market replaces the former floor-traded Belgian Public Auctions Market (Marché des Ventes Publiques / Markt van de Openbare Veilingen), in existence since 1873. By standardising and by automating the post-trade chain, this market has become more transparent and more efficient.

The launch of Euronext Expert Market has been designed to coincide with the last phase of the  dematerialisation process in Belgium, which will oblige the issuers of physical securities to sell any non-reconciled positions they may have in these securities. For more information on the Dematerialisation Law in Belgium, see our dematerialisation page.