Milan, October 28th, 2025 - EQUITA – the leading Italian investment bank –consolidates its role of go-to-partner in the advisory of corporate bond issues with a new, important prize awarded by Euronext Securities.

EQUITA was named best investment bank in the issue of bonds on the MOT regulated market during the Debt Capital Markets Issuance Awards, the event dedicated to issuers and advisers who have contributed materially to the success of the market with domestic and international bond listings.

"We are honored to have been awarded best investment bank in Italy for bond listing on the Euronext MOT platform. This prize rewards the effort of the team and further consolidates our positioning. Over the past decade, EQUITA has successfully executed 28 placements on the MOT regulated market, raising more than €5 billion for clients. The direct distribution channel – which represents one of the key elements of the MOT market – has allowed dozens of corporates to access debt capital markets in an efficient and unconventional way, raising money from both institutional and retail investors” commented Marco Clerici, Co-Head Investment Banking.

Today EQUITA can leverage on the close collaboration of the investment banking team with the trading floor salesforce, which offers an unparallel access to capital markets, helping issuers raise money from investors to finance their strategic initiatives. The growth strategy that has been pursued over the years, led the investment banking team to build a more diversified debt offering, with a wide range of products that covers rated and unrated institutional bonds of listed and private companies, banks and financial institutions, and structured finance solutions for SMEs dedicated to minibonds and basket bonds. Since 2025, then, the team also offers its advisory to corporates and financial creditors in the restructuring of the financial debt, thanks to the expertise of the recently acquired team of EQUITA Debt Advisory (formerly CAP Advisory).

As a result, EQUITA has massively strengthened its positioning in DCM and debt advisory in the recent past, building a very heterogeneous track-record in terms of products, type of issuers and investors. Since the beginning of the year, for instance, the team has managed the issue of 11 bonds on debt capital markets and has been involved in 4 structured finance mandates, in addition to several debt advisory and restructuring deals, leading the team to record the best result ever to date.

Marco Clerici also added: “Today EQUITA is recognized as a reliable financial advisor also on debt, with a solid track-record in all bonds, including unrated issues, investment grade, private placements, minibonds and basket bonds, as well as debt restructuring. We assist all types of issuers, from large industrial groups to leading financial institutions, from private corporates to mid and small caps, and we reach successfully both institutional investors and retail investors in the offering process”.