BME offers companies a wide and competitive range of services and products that enable business leaders to take full advantage of the benefits of the securities markets. From the information and training needed to access the securities market for the first time to more specific services and products that enable companies to successfully develop their full potential.
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In an increasingly competitive business environment, continuous growth has become one of the basic objectives for companies. Effective management must pursue not only the acquisition of the necessary resources, but also the maintenance of a balance between own and borrowed funds.
Financing through own resources is therefore essential to ensure that the company's expansion is characterised by soundness, flexibility and reduced financial risk.
BME Easy Access allows shares to be admitted to our regulated market without the requirement of a minimum share distribution, or free float.
Small and medium-sized enterprises play a fundamental role in Spain; in fact, more than 99% of Spanish companies are SMEs. They employ 80% of the country's workforce and account for 65% of Spain's GDP. BME Growth is a market aimed at small-cap companies seeking to expand, with tailor-made regulations designed specifically for them and costs and processes adapted to their characteristics.
In addition to expanding companies, other types of companies are traded on BME Growth, such as SICAVs (open-ended investment companies), SOCIMIs (real estate investment companies), ECRs (venture capital entities) and SILs (free investment companies).
BME Scaleup is our stock market aimed primarily at companies in the early stages of development with a proven and scalable business model in any sector.
BME Scaleup, authorised by the CNMV, has designed a simple regulation and incorporation process for these companies with very competitive costs.
The Pre-Market Environment (EpM) is an idea that emerged in 2017 with the aim of promoting among companies, their managers and private investors the principles of financial culture necessary to assess, where appropriate, the search for financing through capital markets.
The EpM aims to provide companies with training and guidance on the stock markets and to promote greater awareness of these markets among users, entrepreneurs and companies as a financing instrument.
El mercado de renta fija español es uno de los más modernos, fluidos y transparentes del mundo. Este mercado, junto con los Índices de Renta Fija, ofrece a empresas e inversores un amplio abanico de opciones para emitir distintos tipos de valores y evaluar y comparar el rendimiento del mercado de deuda.
AIAF is Spain's benchmark fixed income market for public and corporate debt securities. It is part of BME, the company that manages the infrastructure of the Spanish financial markets. Meanwhile, the MARF (Alternative Fixed Income Market) serves as a platform to promote the financing of medium-sized companies within the fixed income securities trade.
The alternative fixed income market (MARF) is managed by BME and has been developed specifically to promote the financing of medium-sized companies through the issuance of fixed income securities. In contrast, the AIAF listing market provides a regulated and transparent environment for trading fixed income assets.
Green bonds are the best-known face of sustainability in fixed income markets, but they are not the only instruments available to investors in this field. Green bonds, which are used to fund projects linked to environmental protection, fall within the category of bonds with ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) criteria.
The Shareholder Register (LRA) provides detailed information identifying the company's shareholders. Through a simple technical connection, company managers can consult individual shareholder information, current positions and historical movements, as well as aggregate information by nationality, percentage of capital, etc., on their own terminals.
The Accounting Register of Book-entry (RAC) service provides the technical support for keeping the book-entry register of unlisted securities, which enables the issuing company or the management company to record all transactions in order to know, in detail, the information that identifies the company’s shareholders.
The registration of equity or fixed income securities with Iberclear is directly related to the decision to list on the Spanish market, i.e. on BME. If this decision is taken, Iberclear is the natural choice for registering equity securities.
Iberclear offers the Digital Voting service for Shareholders' Meetings to various parties, from the issuers of General Shareholders' Meetings (GSMs) themselves to participating entities with positions that must manage votes both on their own behalf and on behalf of their clients, as well as the agent entities of the different issuers and all types of General Shareholders' Meeting service providers. The service is available for both domestic and international securities.
Iberclear manages corporate actions carried out regarding securities included in the ARCO System in accordance with the international standards defined by the Corporate Events Joint Working Group (CEJWG) with the purpose of harmonizing all corporate actions related to communication flows, minimum disclosure requirements, key dates and procedures at a European level.
Through this service, Iberclear reports to issuers of registered shares, and other parties requesting them, details on the transactions that require an update to their shareholder register, on a daily basis.Iberclear will receive the ownership data associated with the settled operations, will process this information and at the end of each business day will make available to issuers the detail data of the operations carried out on their securities. This includes, among other information, the type of transaction and whether it results in an inclusion or a removal from the aforementioned register. As of 2025, it will also be possible to request the daily ownership reporting service together with one shareholder identification request on annual basis, allowing both services to be obtained at a reduced fee.
Iberclear provides issuer entities with the service of channeling the requests for identification of shareholders and holders of fixed-income instruments to participants. These requests are sent by the issuers in order to obtain the necessary data for the identification of the holders of their equity and non-equity securities.
This beneficial owner identification service complements the existing shareholder identification service. In this case, issuers request information from Iberclear relating to the identification of final beneficiarial owner data.
As part of the corporate action processing carried out by Iberclear, participant entities may request agent entities to pay the gross amount of the coupons of public or private fixed-income securities when no withholding applies.
Through loyalty shares, issuers can adjust the ratio of the nominal value of a share to the voting rights in order to confer a double vote on each share.
The service provides issuers with a daily or monthly liquidity report on their own securities, as well as a benchmark comparison with other securities listed on BME. The liquidity offered is the ex-post liquidity of each of the instruments that make up the continuous market, measured in terms of cash traded for specific periods.
Fichas Valor services enable issuers to integrate financial information components into their corporate websites without the need for specific development, as BME supplies the content, carries out the design and integrates it into the client's website.
BME's applications for iOS and Android constitute BME's information services offering via mobile devices (in addition to its own RWD website) in native language. The content and tools available in the services mentioned above are also available on these platforms.
The Stock Exchange Palace offers companies and institutions the opportunity to hold their corporate events in a unique setting of great economic and artistic interest that continues to capture the curiosity of society as a whole. It boasts iconic spaces such as the Parquet, the main hall of the Stock Exchange and the heart of the stock market, the Hall of Lost Steps and the Trading Room.
Pre-Market Environment
The Pre-Market Environment (EpM) is an idea that emerged in 2017 with the aim of promoting among companies, their managers and private investors the principles of financial culture necessary to assess, where appropriate, the search for financing through capital markets.
The EpM aims to provide companies with training and guidance on the stock markets and to promote greater awareness of these markets among users, entrepreneurs and companies as a financing instrument.
Listing on BME GROWTH is a strategic decision for companies that allows issuers to benefit from numerous advantages, such as access to an additional source of financing, increased visibility, providing liquidity to shareholders, and obtaining an objective valuation of the company. However, it also involves undergoing a rigorous process and familiarizing oneself with a new operating environment, the main factors of which are analyzed in this course.
The Investor Relations discipline is becoming a strategic area within organizations, as it critically contributes to the accurate formation of market expectations regarding the company's stock value.
The increasing complexity of financial management, mainly due to the incorporation of new and sophisticated products, requires financial professionals to have in-depth knowledge of both traditional investment and financing techniques and new alternatives.
The FIME certification will allow you to acquire the key skills that professionals in the financial sector demand today, integrating the latest innovations in Machine Learning, Data Analysis, and Cybersecurity. It will be a key element in securing your future in a constantly evolving market and will help boost your professional career with a certification recognized in the sector. First, Advanced and Proficiency levels.
This tool assists the entity in managing and monitoring its Internal Code of Conduct for employees subject to it, as well as creating and maintaining Whitelists. The RIC is offered as a module of SICAM, the Integrated Service Against Market Abuse, which in turn is a service included within the ComplianceNet Platform. BME ComplianceNet is the platform of tools to assist with Regulatory Compliance.
We offer, through the outsourcing of SWIFT network connectivity, a global financial communication platform that is multi‑bank, multi‑format, supports straight through processing (STP), and can be seamlessly integrated with the company’s management software.
Long-term carbon removal credits offer a strategic and complementary solution.
SIX, in collaboration with Carbonfuture, has created a robust and transparent infrastructure that provides access to verified and traceable carbon credits within the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).
Frequently Asked Questions
In addition to trading their securities, issuers can access services that help them manage their relationship with the market more effectively. These include information dissemination tools, investor visibility, market data analytics, and support in financial communication. These services help companies improve transparency, broaden their investor base, and strengthen their presence in capital markets.
Once a company is listed on a BME market, it can access a wide range of additional services. These services cover different areas such as market information, investor visibility, data analytics, or training. There are no specific prior requirements: issuers simply need to contact BME to explore the services that best suit their needs and the available options.
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