12 March 2024
Aquis
Exchange PLC
("Aquis")
Martley Capital and Aquis Exchange to
Set Up New Real Assets Market Segment
Martley Capital Group, the real estate
investment company founded by Richard Croft, is working with
London-based Aquis Exchange PLC, to establish a new segment of the
Aquis Growth Market dedicated to trading in real asset backed
investments.
The initiative will see Aquis Technologies -
the Group's software and technology division - utilising its
state-of-the-art trading platform and London-based point of
presence to provide the new segment with connectivity, trading
mechanisms and scalability.
The new real assets segment, called Aram, or
Aquis Real Asset Market, will, subject to regulatory approval,
launch in the second half of the year and will be open to companies
owning commercial real estate, other real assets including
infrastructure, land and forestry, and debt products in these
sectors. Martley Capital, together with other stakeholders,
has established Martley Capital Aram Ltd (Mcaram) as a new
specialist adviser to support the market.
Aram will be the third segment established on
the Aquis Growth Market, alongside the two existing segments,
Access and Apex. The Aquis Growth Market offers a more accessible
route to raising capital, with proportionate costs and ease of
admission.
Alasdair
Haynes, Chief Executive Officer of Aquis Exchange PLC
said:
"Who wouldn't be excited about getting involved
with the biggest asset class in the world? We are looking forward
to working with Richard Croft and the Martley Capital team,
utilising Aquis' innovative technology and primary market expertise
to enable investors to access commercial property and other real
assets via the public markets."
Richard Croft,
Chief Executive Officer of Martley Capital Group
said:
"I have been a long-term believer in the
fractionalisation of real estate and the need to create a more
liquid way to invest in the world's largest asset class. The
opportunity to help establish the new segment of the Aquis market
to address this need is exciting for both Martley Capital and me
personally."
In the ten years since it was set up as a
pan-European multilateral trading facility to challenge the status
quo of an established equity trading environment, Aquis has grown
to become Europe's seventh largest exchange group by volume. Over
six thousand major and mid-cap stocks across the UK and Europe
trade on its platform, with volumes reaching approximately €2
billion per day. Aquis launched the Aquis Stock Exchange in 2021 to
provide a tailored and supportive listings venue for UK growth
companies and has since grown to become the most successful growth
company exchange in the UK by number of issues.
Founded by Richard Croft, the award-winning
co-founder and former Chief Executive of M7 Real Estate, Martley
Capital Group launched in December 2023 with several new funds and
individual transactions with an opportunistic and value add focus
covering credit, equities and direct real estate.
Martley Capital Group, which is also instructed
on a number of asset and investment management advisory mandates,
has five offices across the UK and Central Europe and around 40
staff including Tony Edgley, former partner at Brockton; Alison
Lambert, former head of finance for Europe at Oxford Properties and
Jack Thoms, former head of investment management at M7.
Enquiries:
Aquis Exchange PLC
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Tel: +44 (0)20 3597 6321
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Alasdair Haynes, CEO
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Richard Fisher, CFO
Adele Gilbert, Head of Marketing
& Investor Relations
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Tel: +44 (0)20 3597 6329
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Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser
and Broker)
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7597 4000
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David Anderson
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Bruce Garrow
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Lydia Zychowska
St John Hunter
Canaccord Genuity
Limited (Joint Broker)
Emma Gabriel
George Grainger
VSA Capital Limited (AQSE Corporate
Adviser)
Andrew Raca
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Tel: +44(0)20 3005 5000
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Alma Strategic Communications
(Financial PR Adviser)
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Tel: +44 (0)20 3405 0209
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Josh Royston
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett
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aquis@almastrategic.com
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Kieran Breheny
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Notes to editors:
About Aquis Exchange PLC
Aquis Exchange PLC ("Aquis") is a
creator and facilitator of next-generation financial markets,
through the provision of accessible, simple and efficient stock
exchanges, trading venues and technology.
Aquis consists of four
divisions:
Aquis
Markets operates lit and
dark order books, covering 16 European markets. For its lit books,
Aquis uses a subscription pricing model which works by charging
users according to the message traffic they generate, rather than a
percentage of the value of each stock that they trade.
Aquis
Technologies is the
software and technology division of Aquis. It focuses on building
better markets via the creation and licensing of cutting-edge,
cost-effective exchange infrastructure technology and services,
including matching engine and trade surveillance
solutions.
Aquis
Data licenses market data
from Aquis Markets and Aquis Stock Exchange.
Aquis Stock
Exchange (AQSE) is a stock
market providing primary and secondary markets for equity and debt
products. It is authorised as a Recognised Investment Exchange,
which allows it to operate a regulated listings venue. The AQSE
Growth Market is divided into two segments 'Access' and 'Apex'; the
Access market focuses on earlier stage growth companies, while Apex
is the intended market for larger, more established
businesses.
Aquis is authorised and regulated by
the UK Financial Conduct Authority and France's Autorité de
contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and L'Autorité des
marchés financiers to operate Multilateral Trading Facility
businesses in the UK & Switzerland markets and in EU27 markets
respectively. Aquis Exchange PLC is quoted on the Aquis Stock
Exchange and on the AIM Market (AIM) of the LSE. For more
information, please go to www.aquis.eu.