Equity, an independent Italian investment bank and one of the leaders in market making and specialist activities in Italy, has announced its participation in Spectrum Markets, the pan-European market for certificates.
Equita, through its brokerage services, will be able to do so provide to its institutional clients and to the network of retail investors of Equita's client banking institutions accesso to Spectrum Markets and the certificates listed on such market.
Equita's participation in Spectrum Markets will also allow it to further expand its market making activities, an area where the investment bank already has a consolidated leadership in Italy with more than 1.400 listed instruments and over 150.000 contracts a year. Equita will be able to increase liquidity of certificates listed on Spectrum Markets and offer the service of pan-European market making on local instruments of issuers that have access to the trading venue.
“This new partnership with Spectrum on certificate trading and enhancing our market making services is in line with the diversification strategy we have announced with our new business plan to 2024. Our focus remains to continue to assist our clients with an increasingly complete and innovative range of products”, he adds Cristiano Rho, Co-Head Global Markets of Equita.
Equestrian on the Italian market for over 45 years
Equita has been active on the Italian market for more than 45 years and its activities range from sales & trading services to investment banking, from advisory to the management of alternative assets.
“We are very pleased to welcome Equita as a member of Spectrum. This partnership will allow Equita to broaden its offer and its clients to benefit from access to a pan-European trading venue such as Spectrum Markets, thus offering additional tools to meet the growing European demand for certificates, at a time when flexible solutions proliferate and innovative solutions for retail investments,” he explains Nicky Maan, CEO Spectrum Markets. “Certificates listed on Spectrum Markets can be used by investors in a range of strategies, from leverage to hedging, or simply optimizing investment exposure, an investment solution designed specifically for individual investors,” he adds.
