Post-Second World War
On March 11, 1952, official trading reopened again in West Berlin, with meetings held in the Lodge House on Emser Straße until the completion of a new stock exchange building.[12] Yet the physical and human costs wrought by the war's destruction meant that the Berlin stock market’s significance was greatly reduced from its pre-war status.[13]
An architectural design competition was announced for both the Chamber of Commerce, Industry the stock exchange. The competition was won by architects Franz Heinrich Sobotka and Gustav Müller. The inauguration of the new building on the Fasanenstraße took place on June 18, 1955.[12]
In response to growing internationalization and market consolidation during the mid-1990s, Börse Berlin began trading a broader range of foreign stocks and bonds.[14]
In September 2007, Börse Berlin AG acquired a majority stake in EASDAQ NV, which operates under the Equiduct brand. The Equiduct marketplace was launched on March 20, 2009.[15]
On July 21, 2009, Equiduct entered a strategic partnership with Citadel Securities, a division of Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. The agreement between Citadel Securities and Börse Berlin AG provided funding for Equiduct to develop its platform. Equiduct is operated by Börse Berlin as part of the Berlin Second Regulated Market (B.S.R.M.), which was established in 2009. In October 2019, Tradegate Exchange GmbH, the stock exchange operator, announced the completion of a share deal to acquire 100 percent of the shares in Börse Berlin AG, the operating company of the traditional Berlin Stock Exchange and Equiduct. In return, the Verein Berliner Börse e.V., the previous owner of the Börse Berlin AG, received a stake in the Tradegate Exchange GmbH. Under the agreement, Tradegate Exchange, Börse Berlin, and Equiduct are operated jointly.[11]
On August 1, 2020, the Exchange Council of Börse Berlin appointed Friederike von Hofe as the managing director of the exchange. Additionally, the supervisory board of the sponsoring company appointed von Hofe as a member of the executive board of Börse Berlin AG.
Until June 2022, Börse Berlin was headquartered in Ludwig-Erhard-Haus, a building designed by Nicholas Grimshaw at Fasanenstraße 85 in the Charlottenburg district. Since June 2022, Börse Berlin has been located at Kurfürstendamm.[16]
