President and CEO
Aequitas NEO Exchange
Jos Schmitt is one of the founders and current president and CEO of the Aequitas NEO Exchange, which continues to grow in popularity among fund providers. Launched in 2015, NEO aims to provide a more even playing field and to add competition with other Canadian stock exchanges. It currently has 13 fund companies and eight corporate listings, up from nine fund companies and five corporate listings in September. What’s more interesting, however, is the type of funds that are being listed – the NEO has become a home for more innovative funds. In April, both Horizons and Evolve chose the NEO as the exchange for their revolutionary US cannabis ETFs on the NEO, making it clear that the exchange landscape in Canada is evolving.
