NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE). Nasdaq Private Market, a leading marketplace for the efficient trading of private company stock, today announced the appointment of Tom Callahan as Chief Executive Officer.

AST Private Company Solutions, Inc. (AST PCS), an Equiniti company, is announcing that it has collaborated with Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), a leading marketplace for trading private company stock, to enable private companies to seamlessly manage company-sponsored liquidity events and cap table administration.

Adena Friedman, president and chief executive of Nasdaq, says the firm sees a huge opportunity from spinning out Nasdaq Private Market into a joint venture with a group of banks to accelerate investment and development of new capabilities.