Rothschild Global Advisory, part of the Rothschild & Co Group, is expanding its Equity Capital Markets advisory business by appointing a new Senior Adviser and a member of its Equity Advisory team.
David Acton, who will be based in Sydney, will work together with Rothschild’s Equity Advisory teams in Europe to enhance the firm’s dialogue and relationships with domestic and international institutional investors in Australian equities.
Acton joins Rothschild from Goldman Sachs, where he was Head of Equities for Australia and New Zealand, the company said in a statement.
During 16 years at Goldman Sachs he also worked in hedge fund sales and trading and served as Head of Asian Sales, based in New York and Singapore.
Long Standing Relationships
Rothschild & Co’s financing and markets advisory business, which encompasses Equity Advisory, Debt Advisory and Restructuring accounts for approximately 30 percent of total Rothschild Global Advisory revenues.
Since 2010 it has advised on over 300 assignments, totaling $410bn.
Rothschild Australia Co-Heads Marshall Baillieu and Gareth Cope said, «It is with great pleasure that we welcome David to Rothschild Australia. The close relationships with institutional investors which David brings with him, building on the success of our European franchise, will help differentiate and expand Rothschild’s independent ECM advisory offering in Australia and New Zealand and will be invaluable to our clients.»
