Shipowners will be able to list on a new platform in Norway within a two-week period under a new initiative to be launched soon by the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE).

The new multilateral trading facility (MTF) option draws inspiration from London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and will sit between the main OSE and the popular over-the-counter (OTC) market.

It is hoped the new listing option will be available from the first trading day in 2016 — 4 January — Oivind Amundsen, senior vice-president, head of primary market and legal at the Oslo Bors, told TradeWinds.