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Membership

Why become a member

As a Borsa Italiana member firm you can trade in a range of financial products directly on our trading platforms, including equity, structured products, bonds and derivatives. Membership provides the lowest latency access to our trading systems.
Our members form a network which covers a diverse range of firms including banks, agency brokers, market makers and proprietary traders.

Empowering Sustainable Growth

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Euronext is a founding member of Sustainable Trading, a non-profit membership network to drive ESG change across financial markets practices.

Borsa Italiana, as part of Euronext group, promotes the development of an innovative culture of sustainable corporate finance.

Dedicated contents, tools and networking opportunities for all market participants are available on our website. Find out more on.

Watch out for all Euronext ESG news on ESG News | euronext.com.

How to become a member

Borsa Italiana membership is available to companies only; applications from individuals cannot be accepted

Applicants should be authorised as an investment firm or credit institution. Non-authorised firms may also apply for membership provided they satisfy the requirements set forth in the Rules. All member firms need to understand and comply with Borsa Italiana markets’ rules.

Clearing and Settlement

Members need to have appropriate clearing (for markets where cleared instruments are traded) and settlement arrangements in place for their trading activities. Settlement and clearing systems can be accessed directly or via a third party provider (a general clearing member and/or settlement agent).
Please see Euronext Clearing and Euronext Securities Services Milan websites for the list of approved CGMs and Settlement agents.

Connectivity & Trading Software

We offer a range of solutions to connect to our markets with different levels of management and performance, ranging from dedicated network to Service Provider access.
In addition, you can either certify in-house trading applications to work with our trading system or use any accredited software provider.

Get started

Become a member in only three steps:

Sign the membership contracts and confirm participation requirements
Prepare your trading connection and post-trade arrangements
Go Live - upon approval of your application, you can arrange a live date with the Membership Team.

For further details about the admission procedure please access the Rules and the Instructions to the Rules.