Editing Nasdaq Nordic (section)

===Origins===
'''OM AB''' ('''''O'''ptions'''m'''äklarna'') was a [[futures exchange]] founded by Olof Stenhammar in the 1980s to introduce trading in standardized [[option (finance)|option]] contracts in [[Sweden]]. OM acquired the [[Stockholm Stock Exchange]] in 1998<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.nasdaqomx.com/whoweare/milestones/ |title=Milestones |access-date=28 September 2010 |publisher=NASDAQ OMX Group |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826051825/http://www.nasdaqomx.com/whoweare/milestones/ |archive-date=26 August 2010}}</ref> and unsuccessfully attempted acquisition of the [[London Stock Exchange]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last= Treanor |first= Jill |title= Stock Exchange teams up with OM |url= https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/dec/10/3 |work= [[The Guardian]] |date= 10 December 2002 |access-date= 29 February 2008 |location= London |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140910093929/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/dec/10/3 |archive-date= 10 September 2014}}</ref> During the [[dot-com bubble]] in the early 2000s, OM, together with investment bank [[Morgan Stanley|Morgan Stanley Dean Witter]], launched a virtual European stock exchange called Jiway. The project was not successful<ref>{{cite news |title=OM losses shock analysts |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1283149.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date=18 April 2001 |access-date=29 February 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512141501/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1283149.stm |archive-date=12 May 2006}}</ref> and was cancelled on 14 October 2002.<ref>{{cite news
 |title       = City briefing: Jiway eases bourse clutter
 |url         = https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/oct/15/3
 |work        = [[The Guardian]]
 |date        = 15 October 2002
 |access-date  = 29 February 2008
 |location    = London
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140909220803/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/oct/15/3
 |archive-date = 9 September 2014}}</ref>