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The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) was founded in 1953 and serves as Israel's sole public securities exchange. Headquartered at Ahuzat Bayit in Tel Aviv since its 2014 relocation from Ahad Ha'am, the exchange employs approximately 250 people, all based in Israel. Following a demutualization process, TASE became a public company in August 2019, listing its shares on its own exchange under the ticker TASE. In early 2024, a consortium of foreign investors, including Bill Ackman's Pershing Square, acquired an 18.5% stake in the company.

TASE operates the national infrastructure for trading and clearing equities, corporate and government bonds, and derivatives. It provides the central mechanism for Israeli companies and the Israeli government to raise capital, while offering secondary market liquidity to institutional and retail investors. Revenue is generated through trading and clearing commissions, listing fees, and the distribution of financial data. The engineering organization maintains low-latency matching engines, secure clearing systems, and market data APIs.

The primary offering includes the main equity and bond trading platforms, alongside the MAOF derivatives market for options and futures on the TA-35 and TA-125 indices. TASE operates two clearing houses: the TASE Clearing House for securities and the MAOF Clearing House for derivatives. In recent years, TASE launched TASE UP, a platform allowing private tech companies and real estate funds to raise capital from institutional and accredited investors without a full public offering. Additionally, the exchange recently developed regulatory and technical frameworks to permit non-banking members to offer cryptocurrency trading services.

As the only legally authorized stock exchange in Israel, TASE holds a domestic monopoly on public trading, heavily regulated by the Israel Securities Authority (ISA). However, it competes directly with global exchanges—specifically NASDAQ, NYSE, and the London Stock Exchange—for the listings of Israeli technology firms, which often prefer US capital markets. TASE explicitly targets dual-listing regulations to encourage Israeli firms traded abroad to list their shares locally.

TASE operates entirely out of its Tel Aviv headquarters. The local workforce handles all core functions: technology infrastructure, cybersecurity, market operations, clearing, and corporate sales. The technology teams specifically recruit backend developers, DevOps engineers, and security professionals to build and maintain the national trading infrastructure, which is classified as a critical national system.