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equinet Bank AG strengthens its position as an expert in the Ger-man small and midcap segment

equinet Bank AG strengthens its position as an expert in the German small and midcap segment

Frankfurt, February 14, 2017. equinet Bank AG is further expanding its team by adding a total of four new employees in key areas of its business. The bank is thus setting the course for its further development after a number of high-caliber specialists and managers have already been hired over the past quarters. As of April 1, 2017, Michael Schneiders, Patrick Bartter and Christopher Seedorf will strengthen the areas of Sales and Sales Trading and Stefan Augustin will be joining the research team. All of the new employees are joining equinet from Oddo Seydler Bank.

Lutz Weiler, CEO of equinet Bank AG, comments as follows: “We are convinced that our new colleagues, with their many years of experience in the banking business, their expertise and their international networks, will help us to successfully develop our services in the interests of our customers in all fields of activity. Their impressive track records in the currently challenging market environment have already proven their competence.” Not only the customers in the fields of Equity and Debt, but also in the primary and secondary market business will benefit from the new additions, allowing the Bank to achieve increased quality and efficiency along the entire value chain. The Management Board expects to see significant positive effects on the sales and results side as a result of these moves.

“Given the emerging market transformation in connection with MiFID 2, we are emphasizing our high commitment in the small and mid-cap segment by adding to our staff. We see these changes as an opportunity for our company. We want to be a specialized provider for German SMEs and further strengthen our position as a credible and competent partner into the future as well. As a German member of the European Securities Network, we enable our customers to benefit from our exclusive access to local investors and analysts across Europe,” Weiler adds.

The new additions to equinet Bank AG at a glance

– Michael Schneiders has specialized in German equity products over the last 20 years as a sales expert and in management. He has always served as an interface between sales and corporate finance, overseeing a large number of successful capital market transactions. At Oddo Seydler, he recently helped reshape German brokerage activities into a dual-country broker. Prior to that, he directed the sales desk at Sal. Oppenheim as Co-Head for Germany, leading the activities of Cheuvreux and Kepler Cheuvreux in Australia and Great Britain.

– Over the last 20 years, Patrick Bartter has been responsible for various German and European banks as a Sales Trader for both German and Pan-European equity products in the secondary market. He brings extensive experience both in technical processing of equity deals and in systemic front-end structuring. For the past ten years, Patrick Bartter has been active as a “hybrid” Sales Trader – a salesperson who also trades.

– Christopher Seedorf worked for Oddo Seydler’s sales team for over three years. During this time, he built up the broker’s business in the German-speaking region of Switzerland and in Scandinavia. His client focus is on hedge funds in Switzerland and “Long Only Small and Mid Cap Funds” in Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen.

– Over the past 20 years, Stefan Augustin has been able to gain valuable experience in asset management as well as the buy- and sell-side at various German and European banks, establishing a large investor network in Europe. For more than a decade, he has been analyzing German small and midcaps in the mechanical engineering sector, participating for instance in the IPOs of Kion and Stabilus. Stefan Augustin particularly specializes in the conceptual design of research products.

New setup in the Markets division

These personnel changes also have an impact on the internal corporate structure of equinet Bank AG. For instance, the bank plans to assign its work more strongly to individual persons responsible. Michael Schneiders, who also serves as Head of Sales, will be responsible for Equities and Research. Tim Schuldt’s role as Head of Research will remain unaffected by this move, as with Kai Winkelmann’s function as General Manager and Head of Trading.

About equinet Bank AG
equinet Bank AG, headquartered in Frankfurt /Main, was founded in 1999 and sees itself as an “entrepreneur among bankers.” It is primarily responsible for medium-sized companies in financing and capital market questions and offers trading and sales services, as well as research products. Around 90 experienced investment bankers, securities traders, analysts and sales professionals develop and implement individual solutions.