Viridian Exchange Goes Live as a Regulated MTF

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — 19 October 2026 — Viridian Exchange, part of AFS Group, today announced that its Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) is fully operational for trading EU Emission Allowances (EUAs) following the completion of its migration onto AFS Group's regulated trading infrastructure and confirmation from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). The move gives corporate compliance buyers, asset managers and industrial participants direct, one-click access to a live, transparent order book for environmental commodities.

Viridian operates as a MiFID II-compliant MTF under AFM oversight, using the same regulated market infrastructure — that underpins AFS Group's other trading platforms. The venue strips away traditional brokerage layers, legacy markups and intermediary gatekeeping, allowing KYC clients to trade directly and transparently and low fees.

“Viridian gives institutional and industrial participants a transparent, regulated route into the environmental commodities market,” said Hein Siemerink, Chief Executive Officer of AFS Group. “It reflects how we are bringing over 175 years of financial market heritage into a modern, digital trading infrastructure, built on our AFS MTF technology.”

“We built Viridian to modernise a historically opaque and slow-moving market,” said Hein Siemerink, Chief Executive Officer of AFS Group.” Participants no longer have to navigate complex broker desks or worry about hidden settlement markup. They now have a secure, rule-based venue built for speed, absolute cost transparency and regulatory rigour. Volumes are already growing strongly and we anticipate that we will make further strategic announcements.

Viridian's trading platform introduces several functions capabilities:

● Live Order Book Execution: real-time market depth with anonymous matching and one-click execution for both market and Limit orders.

● Zero Hidden Fees: a single, transparent transaction rate per trade, with no membership fees and no unexpected settlement costs.

● Protected Settlement: clearing infrastructure engineered to remove counterparty risk, using segregated, A-graded accounts.

The platform is built for sectors facing rapidly expanding environmental compliance exposure, including aviation (EU ETS allowances), maritime shipping (FuelEU positions), industrials, and corporate sustainability advisers requiring verifiable transaction records for client portfolios.