JPMorgan Cazenove is one of the UK's leading investment banks. Jointly owned by JPMorgan and Cazenove, it combines innovative and impartial advice with a broad range of capabilities and proven execution skills. It is committed to providing its clients with the highest quality of services based on a deep understanding of their needs which has been built up over many years.

Headquartered in London, it has offices in Frankfurt, Paris, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore and New York as well as access to JPMorgan's extensive global network. It provides a full range of investment banking services, including financial advice, M&A, investor relations, debt and equity capital markets advice and execution and equity research and distribution.

JPMorgan Cazenove is committed to acting as an effective link between providers of capital and its commercial, industrial and financial customers.

JPMorgan Cazenove is a leading financial advisor to UK companies on transactions in the UK as well as internationally. Clients value our ability to combine impartial advice with effective solutions as well as our extensive relationships with institutional shareholders which have been built up over many years. The Corporate Finance division offers a full range of investment banking services to companies in the UK including M&A, equity capital markets, debt capital markets, balance sheet management and investor relations.

At the heart of our corporate finance expertise is the integrated approach that we take to understanding our clients' issues. Our team is based on industry/sector groupings and is supported by our M&A and capital markets teams. We play an important role as part of the boardroom advisory team on all matters affecting the company's development and growth. Specifically, we seek to establish a long-term advisory relationship with clients, advising on any planned strategic moves such as mergers, acquisitions and disposals and developing and executing an appropriate financial solution. Our financial advisory activities include advice on equity issuance, balance sheet restructuring, returns of capital and valuations.

We act as the interface between the client company, the relevant Exchange and the investment community, ensuring that each understands the motivating forces of the other. In this role we draft and review public announcements, create investor relations programmes and give ad hoc advice in respect of contentious investor issues.

JPMorgan Cazenove is the leading corporate broker in the UK, acting for 35 of the FTSE 100 companies.

The Equities business forms a key part of the Investment Banking division. Our 110 analysts cover the major stocks in all areas of specialisation (UK and Europe and Asia ex-Japan). We have particular strength in small and mid caps. Our research and execution skills are highly rated by many of the world's largest institutional investors.

Cazenove deals for more than 1,000 institutional clients based in Europe, the United States and Asia ex-Japan. The firm is a significant participant in block trades, carrying out a large percentage of the bought deals by value in the London market over the last five years. Separate teams are dedicated to the debt and equity-linked secondary markets.

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