A handful of stockbrokers are lead managers for the vast bulk of capital raisings for WA Companies.
Trading name | Senior executive in WA | Professional staff in WA (1) | Description / Highlights |
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Sydney-based advisory firms | |||
Deutsche Bank | Wayne Zekulich | 1 | Global banking group. |
Gresham Advisory Partners | Michael Ashforth | 4 | INSTO magazine's M&A House of the Year for 2001. |
Macquarie Bank | Neville Gardiner | 6 | Australia's leading investment bank. Comprehensive service offering. |
RFC Corporate Finance | Stephen Allen | 4 | Formerly known as Resource Finance Corporation. |
N.M. Rothschild & Sons | Michael Mulroney | 2 | Global investment bank. Target sectors include resources and energy. |
Perth-based advisory firms | |||
Argonaut Capital | Charles Fear | 2 (2) | Established in March 2002. Targeting small-mid cap industrials and oil and gas sector. |
Chatsworth Stirling | Michael Blakiston | 6 | Investment banking arm of West Perth law firm Blakiston & Crabb. |
Churchill Capital | Patrick O'Connor | 7 | Corporate advisory unit formed in Oct. 2001. Associated with listed resource and infrastructure company GRD. |
Grange Consulting | Ian Macliver | 6 | Combines corporate advisory, legal, accounting and company secretarial services. |
Mooney & Partners | Grant Mooney | 2 | Advisory and company secretarial services, focussing on companies preparing to float on the ASX. |
O'Callaghan & Co | Jon O'Callaghan | 9 | Formed in mid 2000. Targets resources and IT companies. |
Poynton and Partners | John Poynton/Mark Barnaba | 17 | Renowned for quality of staff in corporate advisory and GEM management consulting business. |
Trudo Corporate | Anthony Wooles | 6 | Combines corporate strategy with corporate finance services. Shareholder value-based approach. |
Major WA stockbrokers | |||
Carmichael First Capital | Craig McGown | 4 | Raised approx. $25 million for five clients this year, including Sally Malay Nickel and West Musgrave Mining IPOs. |
Euroz Securities | Peter Diamond | 3 | Raised $106 million in four transactions this year. |
Hartleys | Richard Simpson | 5 | Joint lead manager on $8 million Repcol placement and $35 million Clough placement. Broker to $12.5 million Croeus placement and $4 million Voyager IPO. |
Paterson Ord Minnett | Aaron Constantine | 5 | Raised $70 million in 14 issues this calendar year, including Home Building Society IPO. |
Big accountants | |||
Andersen | n/a | n/a | Currently in merger talks with other Big accounting groups. |
Deloitte Corporate Finance | John Langford | n/a | n/a |
Ernst & Young Corporate Finance | Martin Alciaturi | 21 | Sole financial adviser to Woodside's Veba Oil and Gas bid. |
KPMG Corporate Finance | Stephen Scudamore | 15 | Financial adviser to Integrated Tree Cropping. |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities | Andrew Edwards | 14 | Review of projections in Shell's bid for Woodside. |
1. Directors, associate directors and managers. Excludes support staff. | |||
2. Plans to have 6-7 in the near future, see story this edition | |||