Our corporate finance team specialises in providing financing and advisory solutions to both quoted and unquoted companies at all stages of their development.

Our corporate broking team manages the relationships between our corporate clients and their major institutional shareholders.

Since 2007 we have acquired over 87 new clients, completed more than 123 transactions, transacted on fundraisings totalling over £1.2bn in new funds and advised on approximately £2.0bn of M&A activity.

We are able to provide mergers and acquisitions advice to Indian companies wishing to acquire businesses in the UK and to identify acquisition targets in the UK for them across a broad range of sectors.

Through stockmarket quotations and private equity fundraisings we are able to assist Indian companies in raising funds in the London market.

We will be working together with Anand Rathi in developing a cross-border capability in institutional stockbroking and investment banking.

The Sales team maintains relationships with all the significant institutional owners of equity in the UK. The strength of our sales force enables us to reach all corners of the UK investment community. We can also reach investors in the US thanks to our longstanding distribution agreement with Auerbach Grayson in New York.

We have an experienced Sales Trading team providing a specialist dealing service to all our institutional clients.

Our trading team make markets in over 300 stocks on the London Stock Exchange across a broad number of sectors. We are also members of the Chi-x and Turquoise trading venues.

In addition to our market making, we trade a wide range of stocks across a number of sectors providing liquidity to our institutional customers, banks and brokers. We have an active RSP (Retail Service Provider) that serves the private client and internet broking sector.

The Research team provides investors with a deep understanding of companies, the valuation of their securities and the environment they operate in. We currently cover c.129 stocks, and c.70 closed-end funds. We focus on key corporate issues rather than minutiae, and we actively challenge consensus opinions. Frequent management contact and a high commitment to prompt client service are key characteristics of our research approach.

The investment funds team is a highly experienced and ambitious team dedicated to delivering a fully integrated service through its strong links with all key UK institutional investors and private client brokers, in addition to having an interface with US investors through its US partner, Auerbach Grayson. The success of the investment funds team stems from its relationship driven approach and is reflected in the client base having grown significantly in recent years.