The Dutch firm aims to deliver a unified equity and exchange-traded fund (ETF) data feed with free access for retail users.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has formally authorised EuroCTP B.V. (EuroCTP), an Amsterdam-based market-data infrastructure firm, as the consolidated tape provider for European Union (EU) equities and ETFs. EuroCTP will aggregate pre-trade and post-trade data from trading venues  EuroCTP will aggregate pre-trade and post-trade data from trading venues and approved publication arrangements across the bloc, delivering a unified data stream for market participants.