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RNS Number : 3990G  Aquis Exchange PLC  12 March 2024

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                                          Tel: +44 (0)20 3597 6321
 Alasdair Haynes, CEO
 Richard Fisher, CFO                                         Tel: +44 (0)20 3597 6329

 Adele Gilbert, Head of Marketing & Investor Relations

 Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker)            Tel: +44 (0)20 7597 4000
 David Anderson
 Bruce Garrow
 Lydia Zychowska

 St John Hunter

 Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker)                    Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000

 Emma Gabriel

 George Grainger

 VSA Capital Limited (AQSE Corporate Adviser)                Tel: +44(0)20 3005 5000

 Andrew Raca

 Alma Strategic Communications (Financial PR Adviser)        Tel: +44 (0)20 3405 0209
 Josh Royston                                                aquis@almastrategic.com

 Rebecca Sanders-Hewett
 Kieran Breheny

 

 

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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQWgKDukf6Y&t=21s)
 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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztBmdLRrNYI)  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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVdYS1ILwsQ&t=17s)  licenses
market data from Aquis Markets and Aquis Stock Exchange.

Aquis Stock Exchange (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wb-peKCH9A&t=45s)
 (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
(http://www.aquis.eu/) .

 

 

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