The Securities and Exchange Commission approved this exchange on November 13, 2018.

“Fixed income investors have undergone a number of market structure and technological changes since the 2008 financial crisis, while at the same time companies have increased their issuance to take advantage of a low interest rate environment,” said Ted Bragg, head of U.S. Fixed Income at Nasdaq.

“Nasdaq-listed companies today have underwritten more than 3,000 corporate bonds, and there exists an opportunity for public companies to list their equity and debt in a more cost effective way, using Nasdaq trading technology and surveillance, which is substantial.”

PepsiCo claimed the inaugural listing on November 27 when it announced it will transfer the securities exchange listing for four separate senior notes due between 2021 and 2028.

This new exchange will run on the Nasdaq Stock Market license and will be powered by the Nasdaq Financial Framework, Nasdaq’s next generation market infrastructure technology platform. Surveillance will be conducted by the Nasdaq Regulatory team, including use of its global market surveillance system, SMARTS.

Nasdaq Nordics currently lists 1,287 corporate bonds across six exchanges, seeing more than 80% growth since 2013, and Nasdaq will bring this experience from that market to its entry into the U.S. bond listing market. Sustainable bonds account for about 10% of total corporate and municipal bonds listed on Nasdaq Nordic, and has grown nearly four-fold since 2015.