(Finance) – EQUITA Groupan independent investment bank listed on Euronext STAR Milan, announced that during the 2024 The Investment Banking team will continue to focus on the growth and diversification of the offering aimed at its customers, also in terms of geographical coverage, with a greater presence in Rome. The latter, in fact, will be strengthened by the constant presence of the EQUITA team in the capital, with the aim of further developing advisory activities and building solid relationships with the financial, institutional and entrepreneurial community.
Furthermore, the team will continue to position itself as the reference partner for entrepreneurs, companies, financial institutions and investors, and will benefit from the know-how of recent senior arrivals and new senior advisors who have joined the partnership (such as Stefano Donnarumma and Silvia Rovere).
The announcement came in conjunction with results of the league tables 2023 which see EQUITA – confirming itself – in the year of its 50th anniversary – as the leading independent investment bank in Italy, thanks to several important mandates successfully closed and despite the difficult market context at a global level. In 2023 EQUITA has positioned itself #6 in the M&A league tables by number of transactions (31 mandates completed by the EQUITA SIM and EQUITA K Finance teams, for a total value of 22 billion euros) and #1 among Italian independent advisorsthus confirming the growth path in advisory, which sees the number of mandates and the overall value of operations almost doubled in the three-year period 2021-2023 (103 operations and 95 billion euros) compared to the data recorded in the three-year period 2018-2020 (46 operations and 50 billion euros).
The group also confirmed its leadership on the capital markets with a particularly successful 2023, which saw EQUITA close 28 transactions for a total of 7.7 billion euros in value. The Equity Capital Markets (ECM) team has proven itself #1 IPO franchise in Italy with 6 transactions, more than any other financial institution in Europe. The team also positioned itself #1 cash equity franchise by number of operations on the domestic market2, thus providing further proof of being able to support issuing companies in very heterogeneous operations in terms of size (15 million euros – 600 million euros of funding), capitalization (large, mid and small caps ), sectors (luxury, consumer & fashion, gaming, industrials) and markets (Euronext and Euronext Growth Milan).