aquis exchange ltd on thursday posted a rise in its 2022 pretax profit as its revenue was boosted by increased trading levels and it saw higher proceeds from data technology licensing and issuer fees the operator of paneuropean equity trading exchanges said its pretax profit for the year ended dec 31 rose to 45 million pounds 56 million from gbp36 million in 2021 group revenue came in at gbp199 million up from gbp172 million it said the start to the current trading period was encouraging and in line with expectations but didnt provide any figures we are already delivering on our vision of a transformation of primary markets for small and midcap stocks through aquis stock exchange where we have a pipeline of 5060 companies looking to ipo initial public offering and expect the growth of the exchange to continue at pace throughout 2023 said chief executive alasdair haynes