Emerging Europe s Leading Investment Bank Local Knowledge Global Reach Milan & Monaco offices services presentation 2018 1
Introduction The No. 1 Brokerage for Central/Eastern Europe 2017 WOOD & Co is a leading independent investment bank in Central Europe, founded by Richard Wood, a senior ex-salomon Brothers executive, in 1991. Headquartered in Prague for over 25 years and having focused on high quality equity broking and investment banking services in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), WOOD & Co has gained a deep understanding of the CEE markets. WOOD & Co is a member of the Prague Stock Exchange, along with Warsaw, Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia and Ljubljana stock exchanges and offers its clients market access to Greece, Turkey, as well as the former-yugoslavian and Baltic countries. WOOD & Company has offices in Prague, Warsaw, Bratislava, Bucharest, London and Milan. Over the past decade, the firm has expanded its scope of activities to a full range of investment banking and corporate finance services, including large scale privatizations, IPOs, capital markets transactions, M&As, fund raising and corporate advisory to foreign as well as domestic corporate clients, issuers and institutions.
Wood & Co. 2017 Company Numbers Capital and Reserves 27.33 Million EUR 2016 Operating Result 25.7 Million EUR 2016 Net Profit 8.7 Million EUR Number of M&A, IPO, advisory 24 Managed Assets 500 Million EUR Employees more than 200 Locations Prague (Head Office), London, Milan, Monaco, Warsaw, Bratislava, Bucharest
History Milan Branch In 1989 International Capital Markets (ICM Sim), an Italian regulated company, was founded by Sergio Zora. In 2004 ICM Sim was incorporated together with Interfin Sim, another Italian regulated firm, into IFP Milan Branch. IFP was the branch of an FCA regulated company. In 2014 WOOD & Co. opened WOOD & Company Financial Services AS Milan Branch, who acquired the activities of IFP Milan Branch. Therefore the Milan Branch has a business continuity in Italy since 1989, date of ICM Sim foundation.
History Monaco Branch Terry Torrison founded McLaren Securities, a Western European Equities Execution Broker in 2012. In January 2013 McLaren Securities also started trading LME Base metals futures and options. WOOD & Co Luxembourg, the holding company of the WOOD & Company group acquired a 30% stake of McLaren Securities in October 2017 and completed the full acquisition in January 2018, changing the name to Wood & Co. S.A.M.
Our Services Local knowledge, global reach EQUITIES FIXED INCOME ASSET MANAGEMENT Equity Sales and Sales Trading Electronic Trading and Direct Market Access Order execution on Borsa Italiana AIM segment, including block trading Execution on European and US markets In 2016 Milan Equity Desk covered 3% of global market volume on Italian Stock Exchange AIM segment, reaching 30% of market volumes on certain shares. 2016 showed an increase of 34% in traded volumes on Equities G10 in comparison to the previous year. The trend is confirmed in 2017 with estimated volume in the 1Q up 100% compared to 2016. Order execution on Govies, Corporates and Illiquid paper ong10. Order execution on CEE, CIS, Latam Eurobond. 10 people on Fixed Income and Repos desk plus two Greek sales, with most team members having long experience. Coverage includes, on top of Emerging Markets, European Corporates, High Yield, illiquid paper and Italian Debt. FX SPOT Execution desk on Fx Spot is covering nearly all convertible currency pairs. Voice and electronic services through a Prime Broker on both G10 and emerging markets. Consulting and Advisory for Asset Management Companies who desire entering/developing their business in Italy, Switzerland, France, Malta and Montecarlo. Strategic partnership with Dekabank for asset management business for institutional investors. INTEREST RATES DESK Brokerage services to banking institutions on Repos, Bonds in Name Give Up, Fx-Forward and Interbank Deposit COMMODITIES Order execution with main focus on Base Metals from the Monaco office.
Our Presence Presence in London, New York*, and on the ground in core CEE countries * In association with Brasil Plural Securities LLC United Kingdom Dedicated team of CEE veterans in Equities and IB in the City International distribution hub Annual Romania Conference LSE Metals & BRICs Investor Day LSE Russia & CIS Day Czech Republic WOOD & Co. founded in 1991 in Prague full service Equities and IB office 50% domestic equities trading market share WOOD s Winter in Prague Investor Conference with 650 attendees Member of the Prague Stock Exchange Slovakia Sales & Investment Banking Leading player in local M&A Monaco Equities and Commodities. Brokerage and Sales. Italy Equities, Fixed Income, FX Spot, Asset Management. Institutional Execution and Brokerage LONDON MONACO NORWAY MILAN Hungary Top ranked research coverage 23% domestic equities trading market share Member of the Budapest Stock Exchange PRAGUE WARSAW BRATISLAVA BUDAPEST BUCHAREST ATHENS Greece Locally-based senior team in association with WOOD Greek Retreat - Investor Conference 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Coverage of 18 stocks Steadily growing market and mindshare Poland Capital markets hub and a history of introducing domestic and foreign issuers to the WSE 7% domestic equities trading market share Small and Mid Caps Conference Emerging Europe Financials Conference EME Energy Conference EME TMT Investor Day Agriculture & Food Investor Days International Companies Forum Member of the Warsaw Stock Exchange Romania Seasoned local team of Investment Bankers and Research Number 1 Equities Broker 25 % domestic equities trading market share Annual conferences in conjunction with Fondul Proprietatea Member of the Bucharest Stock Exchange 7
Why choose us? Milan and Monaco offices Il Sole 24 ore, the leading Italian financial newspaper, publishes daily data provided by WOOD & Co Milan on IRS, FRA and Currency Options. Moreover we offer a Weekly Fixed Income report on CEE and G10 markets We execute orders of several final customers: funds, asset managers, insurance companies and small banks; We have a proprietary desk dealing on Equities and Bonds; Professionals Experts in the region Milan Wood Milan is a member of the EBN (www.europeanbrokersnetwork.com) Complete We can offer 360 services on all products and markets to our institutional clients & Monaco Milan has over 25 years market presence and Monaco over 5 years. Our reputation is solid. Reputation Independent As part of an independent group we don t have conflicts of interest. Milan and Monaco are the best access point to WOOD & Company SA research and execution services based in Prague, London, Warsaw, Bratislava and Bucharest.
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Management Biographies Milan and Monaco offices Sergio Zora Branch Manager Over 40 years of experience in brokerage industry, heads Milan office since 2014. In 1989 founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO of International Capital Markets SIM S.p.A. From 2005 to 2014 acted as Managing Director of IFP Milan Branch. Since February 2016 member of the board of AssiomForex. Marco Brambilla Managing Director and Head of Asset Management Over 17 years of experience in the Asset Management Industry in Italy, France, Ireland. M.D., Country Manager and Legal. Representative of DekaBank in Italy since 2005. Since 2014 member of the DekaBank European Business Development Committee, responsible for Asset Management and Capital Markets in Italy, Switzerland, Malta, Monte Carlo, France. Pierino Tarolli Head of Trading Dario Sala Veni Head of Sales and Marketing Over 35 years of experience in sales and trading desks. Partner of Nuova Interfin S.r.l., where he worked until 1991 specializing in derivatives. Head of Equity and Bond trading for Integrated Financial Products from 2005 to 2014. Over 35 years of experience in Brokerage, Sales and Marketing. Was Member of the Board and Head of Brokerage Services of International Capital Markets SIM S.p.A and Head of Funds distribution of IFP from 2005. Since 2005 member of the board of AssiomForex. Roberto Cartoceti Head of FX and IRD Over 30 years of experience in FX Spot trading. Has been Member of the Board and Head of FX Spot for International Capital Markets SIM S.p.A. He was Head of FX Spot and Interest Rates for Integrated Financial Products from 2005 to 2014. Sara Facchinetti Senior Executive Asset Management and Fixed Income Over 18 years Experience in Capital Markets and Asset Management. Has been Head of FI desk at Banca MB and Deputy General Manager at Marzotto Sim. Has been Head of research, sales and trading at JCI Capital.
Find our offices www.wood.com MILAN Via Vittor Pisani, 22 20124 - Milan Italy Tel. +39 02 67 910 1 Fax. +39 02 67 910 761 Email info.milan@wood.com Fixed Income: bonds.milan@wood.com Equities: equities.milan@wood.com FX: spot.milan@wood.com MONACO 74 Boulevard d Italie 98000 Monaco Tel.: +44 203 3849 950 Email info.monaco@wood.com Legal Notice This presentation has been prepared by WOOD & Company Financial Services, a.s. ( WOOD & Co ) and/or one of its branches who are regulated by the Czech National Bank as Home State regulator and in the UK by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and in Poland by the Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (KNF) and in Italy by CONSOB as Host State regulators. More detailed information on WOOD & Co, its investment services, financial instruments, associated risks and safeguarding client assets (incl. compensation schemes) and contractual relationship is available on the webpage of WOOD & Co under section About us. These materials do not constitute an offer or invitation by WOOD & Co or any of its officers, employees or agents to sell, purchase or subscribe for any investment or security or a solicitation or recommendation of such an offer or invitation in any jurisdiction. These materials are a financial promotion within the scope of the FSA s rules. Except with the prior written consent of WOOD & Co, these materials shall not be disseminated, quoted, referred to, copied or reproduced or distributed, disclosed or communicated in whole or in part at any time or in any manner, nor should any other person act on it. These materials have been prepared for information purposes solely Except in the case of fraudulent misrepresentation, no responsibility, liability or obligation is accepted by WOOD & Co or by any of its officers, employees or agents as to or in relation to the accuracy or sufficiency of these materials or any other written or oral information and any such liability is expressly disclaimed. Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects and returns contained herein are not a reliable indicator of future performance. Nothing in these materials should be relied upon as a promise or representation as to the future. WOOD & Co may from time to time underwrite, make a market or otherwise buy or sell as principal investments, securities or other instruments described herein or, together with their directors, officers and employees, may have either a long or short position in such investments, securities or other instruments mentioned in these materials. One or more directors, officers and/or employees of WOOD & Co may be a director of any of the entities mentioned in these materials. WOOD & Co may have managed or co-managed a public offering of securities or acted as initial purchaser or placement agent for a private placement of securities of any entity mentioned herein or may, from time to time, perform or seek to perform investment banking, lending or other services or business for any of the entities mentioned herein. With prejudice to any liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, WOOD & Co and each of its officers, employees and agents disclaims any liability which may arise from these materials, or any other written or oral information provided in connection therewith, and any errors contained therein and/or omissions therefrom. 2014 WOOD & Company Financial Services, a.s. All rights reserved.