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Bespoke Structured Finance Solutions

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Who we are

ACT Capital is an independent boutique financing arranger with complete capital sourcing capabilities and a focus on the infrastructure markets. Our mission is to provide deep expertise, experience and talent to help maximize our clients’ strategic and financial objectives. We specialise in advising non-investment grade, small and mid-size companies that require private debt and alternative financing. We have extensive expertise in arranging asset-backed, covered and collateralized bonds with considerable experience in structured finance. ACT Capital works with large institutional capital providers for deals ranging from $50 million to $200 million. We maintain active relationships with a broad network of institutional investors, sovereign funds, investment banks, private and public debt funds, wealth managers and family offices.

We combine service, flexibility and extensive knowledge of the marketplace to ensure clients’ needs are met with highest level of expertise.

Key people

Daniel Sterneby
CEO

Daniel has over twenty years’ experience in the financial industry. Before joining ACT he worked for Banque Havilland and Kaupthing Bank in Luxembourg. In 2002 he was part of establishing Svenska Handelsbanken Branch in Zurich. Prior to that he was the head of investment management at Svenska Handelsbanken Haninge Centrum Branch in Stockholm. Daniel holds a BBA in Business Finance from Örebro Universitet in Sweden and a BBA in Economics from Johannes Kepler Universität Linz in Austria. He speaks Swedish, English, German and has basic knowledge of French and Spanish. Daniel also serves as Chairman of ACT Asset Management, a Swiss FINMA regulated wealth manager.

Maryam Bassiri
Head of Structured Finance

Maryam has over twenty years’ experience in the financial industry covering the Emerging Markets. She holds a Master’s Degree in Law from University of London, and specialises in securities law and syndicated loans. She has an extensive experience in legal structuring, compliance and capital markets with a broad network of corporate and institutional clients around the globe. Maryam speaks English, French, Spanish and Luxembourgish and has dual nationality Luxemburger/Canadian. She has held various positions at Société Générale, EFG Bank, ATAG Asset Management and other financial institutions in Luxembourg, Switzerland, France and Canada.

Our services

As arranger, we apply a unique approach towards assignments by streamlining the entire process from inception to disbursement of funds offering a valuable service to our clients, relieving them of large commitment of time required to execute a financing transaction from start to finish, thus allowing them to focus on their core business activities.

We monitor the whole work stream interacting with legal advisers, listing agents , banks, trustees, rating agencies, paying agents, regulatory authorities, Luxembourg Stock Exchange and other related parties.

	Project evaluation
	Identification of appropriate financing solutions
	Cashflow modelling
	Pricing of the debt issue
	legal structuring
	High-level due diligence and compliance
	Listing on Luxembourg Stock Exchange

	Capital source identification
	Marketing of the debt issue
	Private placement of debt issue
	Term sheet negotiation
	Closing logistics management
	Post-transaction management

	International prestige
	Access to a diversified pool of institutional capital providers in the Debt Capital Markets (DCM).
	Approved Information Memorandum by listing authorities
	Settlement through Euroclear
	Low fees

Listing on an Exchange

Listing debt securities on a stock exchange is usually carried out to gain access to a wider group of investors. Stock Exchanges are effectively competitive service organisations, seeking to differentiate themselves by offering more professional and more streamlined services.

The target investors for most types of debt securities are institutional or professional investors. Many of these have investment criteria stipulating that they will invest all or a proportion of their available funds in listed securities. Listed securities potentially enjoy a greater level of liquidity than they would have if they were not listed.

Visit Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Benefits of listing on Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Listed in Luxembourg”, an internationally recognised quality label

	Enhanced visibility among international investors
	Efficient listing process (prospectus comments in less than three business days)
	Competitive fee structure
	Wide range of securities and currencies

	Transparency of financial information and corporate governance
	Cost-efficient and predictable listing process
	Direct or indirect prospectus submission
	The choice of two leading markets, i.e. “Bourse de Luxembourg” and “Euro MTF”
	Listing automatically implies admission to trading on the Euronext Optiq platform

Contact us

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VISITING ADDRESS
ACT Capital GmbH
Beethovenstrasse 48 | 8002 Zürich
Switzerland
+41 44 22 33 252
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REGISTERED OFFICES
ACT Capital GmbH
Sihleggstrasse 23 | 8832 Wollerau
Switzerland

USEFUL LINKS
Luxembourg Stock Exchange | Standard and Poor’s Global Rating | Guide to Credit Rating Essentials | Bloomberg