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In late January, which now feels like a lifetime ago, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain came together to create the E6,

a new European grouping that aims to forge ahead with projects of integration to improve the EU's competitiveness and sovereignty.

In the readout after their inaugural meeting, the E6 announced that their first priority, apparently ahead of both internationalising the euro and coordinating defence spending,

was, quote, pressing ahead with the Capital Markets Union.

Since then, nothing much has really happened for the E6's capital markets union, sometimes known as the savings and investment union.

However, another, perhaps more aligned group has emerged in the Nordics.

A consortium of large Nordic companies and investors, unified under the industry alliance Nordic Compass, are investigating the possibility of combining the Finnish,

Swedish, Danish and Norwegian stock exchanges into one pan -Nordic stock exchange.

It has the potential to unlock a capital pool deep enough

to perhaps entice founders to go public in the Nordics rather than list in the US.

In this video, we'll explain why the Nordics are considering unifying their stock exchanges

and what it could mean for the wider European project of a capital markets union.

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so probably the best way to understand what the capital markets

union actually is is to first imagine you're an entrepreneur in europe you've got an idea for a business

but now you need some financing to actually get it off

the ground the obvious place to go is probably a bank

but banks don't generally like lending to small businesses because they're considered systematically important.

In other words, if the banks go bust, they take the rest of the economy down with them, which means governments subject them to lots of regulation that essentially discourages risky loans.

So if the bank says no, your next move is to try what are known as the capital markets.

In other words, go find some non -bank institution or investor to lend you the money.

Broadly speaking, there are two options here.

There's the private market and then there's the public market.

When we talk about the private market, we're basically talking about venture capital investors or other private investment firms who'll lend you the money.

When we talk about the public markets, we're basically talking about listing your company and selling shares in it on a publicly traded stock exchange,

although we should say that listing or going public usually happens later down the line, once your company has some brand recognition or a proven track record,

and typically after raising money from those aforementioned private investors.

There are over 30 different stock exchanges in the EU, meaning more than one per member state, with the vast majority being small, national or even regional stock exchanges.

Most of these are, to be frank, pretty much redundant.

You can't raise large amounts of money, and many of them haven't seen a new listing for years, because companies have essentially decided they're either better off going public elsewhere,

like in the US, or just sticking with private markets and avoiding the bureaucratically burdensome process of going public altogether.

These fragmented markets have led to a flight of high -profile companies from Europe to New York's two major exchanges.

In 2025, for instance, European IPO value fell by 20 % and proceeds dropped 10 % alongside it,

while US IPOs have surged in the wake of the AI boom.

On average, US valuations exceeded European ones by over 30%.

For entrepreneurs then, listing in the US is a no -brainer, though it should be noted there are tentative signs that the trend is turning in 2026.

Although the Nordics have a thriving startup ecosystem, particularly within tech, they suffer the same growth capital issues as the rest of Europe.

For example, companies such as Klarna and Spotify are all listed in the US, despite operating and being headquartered in the Nordics.

According to one study, only slightly more than half, 57%, of Swedish unicorn founders chose to build their companies in their home country,

with the same being true for 47 % of Norwegian founders and 32 % of Danish and Finnish founders.

Many of the remainder go to the US to take advantage of its famously deep capital markets.

This is where Nordic Compass comes in.

Formed in May, it's an industry alliance aiming to develop proposals to solve growth financing and build support among businesses, with some heavyweights such as the Wallenberg Foundation,

Saab, Nokia, Novo Nordisk, Nordia and many more as members.

Ahead of its first meeting in Gothenburg in November, the alliance is rumoured to be putting forward a formal proposal to merge the four stock exchanges.

The Nordic countries are small, populated by roughly 28 million people across the four of them,

but Nordic investors and pension funds manage close to 4 trillion euros and take in more than 150 billion euros a year.

The hope then is that pooling these resources together would convince more firms to list their companies on a Nordic exchange.

There are some reasons to believe this would be helpful.

Some companies that are too big for any of the European stock exchanges, but too small to compete on the New York exchange, end up instead being acquired by larger US companies.

For example, PayPal bought iZettle, Visa bought Tink, and Workday bought Sana.

Had there been a viable alternative capital pool with less competition yet more money, they may have chosen an IPO in their home market rather than an acquisition.

In Europe, more broadly, liquidity fragmentation is cited as a key challenge by asset managers.

It would also mean a stronger global position, potentially even attracting foreign firms to list in the Nordics.

However, there are a few roadblocks.

First of all, Nordic Compass is an industrial alliance, not an institution.

Whatever they may present in November is a proposal which would require political will from all four countries to come to fruition.

A unification is not just one simple reform, it includes harmonising everything from bankruptcy proceedings to corporate governance law and market abuse regulations.

Furthermore, centralising may harm smaller markets and the firms that service them.

There's a fear that activity may naturally gravitate towards the bigger, more liquid venue, which is Stockholm in this case, and may then leave smaller markets such as Helsinki thinner.

This is not to mention the fight that would likely ensue over the placement of the exchange, which may revive some bitter feelings between the four.

There's also the issue of ownership and governance.

Nasdaq owns and operates the Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki stock exchanges, while Euronext operates Oslo.

This raises some awkward questions.

Who controls strategy, technology and fee structures?

How are revenues and costs split between national entities.

Euronext has signalled openness to the idea, but in practice a deal will have to be agreed between the operators.

Nordic Compass has stated that work is still preliminary, so whether the conference in November brings a firm proposal or just further analysis remains to be seen.

The notion that the political establishments in each country, with their fragmented politics and different priorities,

have either the will or the power to actually enact this idea seems even more remote.

However, it is an important signal when major actors across financial institutions, from massive foundations to banks to multinational companies,

all gather under the banner of one idea.

Whatever the result, should the Nordics come to an agreement and successfully unify the capital markets, it will provide an interesting lesson to the E6 and Europe as a whole.

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這節口語課以影片“The Plan for a Unified Nordic Stock Exchange Explained”為素材。影片中反覆出現的詞有：Nordic, exchange, capital, stock, companies。這段影片共有 89 個句子、1533 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 8:50。說話人語速自然，每分鐘約 174 個詞，接近日常對話。只有 79% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙難度較高。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
investor 名詞	/ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/	投資者 /投資者, 投資家 /投資家
proposal 名詞	/pɹəˈpoʊzəl/	提議 /提議, 建議 /建議
founder 名詞	/ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/	創辦人 /創辦人, 創立者 /創立者
alliance 名詞	/əˈlaɪ.əns/	同盟
lend 動詞	/ˈlɛnd/	借出, 借
essentially 副詞	/ɪˈsɛnʃəli/	本質上 /本質上, 基本上
institution 名詞	/ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/	制度
priority 名詞	/pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/	優先權 /優先權, 更重要的事
euro 名詞	/ˈjʊɹoʊ/	歐元 /歐元
governance 名詞	/ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/	統治 /統治, 治理
subscribe 動詞	/səbˈskɹaɪb/	簽署 /簽署
entrepreneur 名詞	/ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/	企業家 /企業家
fragment 名詞	/ˈfɹæɡmənt/	碎片, 碎屑
subscriber 名詞	/səbˈskɹaɪbɚ/	訂閱者 /訂閱者, 訂戶 /訂戶
vast 形容詞	/væst/	浩大

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	釋義
end up 動詞	到達
put forward 動詞	提出

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事	has really happened · has emerged · has spelled
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	are known · should be noted · being headquartered
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物	them, which means · venue, which is

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 16 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 they're, we're, you'll。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“th” 音: thin /ˈθɪn/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, furthermore /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ðə(ɹ)ˌmɔː(ɹ)/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, thrive /θɹajv/
“sh” 和 “zh” 音: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, establishment /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/, ownership /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/
長單詞——注意重音位置: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音：

/v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: investor /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/, governance /ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/, vast /væst/, solve /sɒlv/, discover /dɪˈskʌvə/
詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: alliance /əˈlaɪ.əns/, lend /ˈlɛnd/, governance /ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, fragment /ˈfɹæɡmənt/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: proposal /pɹəˈpoʊzəl/, broadly /ˈbɹɔːdli/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, elsewhere /ˈɛlsˌʍɛɹ/, formal /ˈfɔɹməl/

如何用這段影片練習

先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 investor, proposal, founder 這類單詞。

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