INVESTMENT BANKING
A GOOD DEAL BETTER
Goodbody is a full-service investment bank with a sector-led approach that leads to better insight, better execution, and better corporate advice.
By successfully harnessing this sector expertise we’ve earned a reputation for delivering truly efficient service and value.
INVESTMENT BANKING BY THE NUMBERS
30+
Global Distribution via 30+ investment centres
90+
Specialist sectoral research covering over 90 companies
130
Market makers in around 130 stocks
€100bn
Corporate Broker to a number of companies with a market cap of between €5m to €50bn
€40bn
Over the last 3 years we have raised approx.€40bn in funds for corporates, the majority of which is debt
OUR SERVICES
EXPERTISE IN DEPTH
OVERVIEW
Our Corporate Broking team, based across London and Dublin, leverages our active ECM platform and reputation for best-in-class specialist research to provide high-quality corporate advisory services to global corporate clients and sponsors, including corporate brokerships, equity capital markets transactions, and investor relations.
Access to pools of capital
With a global distribution platform close to 400 leading international asset managers, we are uniquely placed to advise companies on investor bases and targeting as well as structuring and pricing.
A proven partner for transactions and brokerships
Our team has extensive capital markets experience, expertise in advising companies seeking to raise capital as well as providing transaction execution support spanning mergers, acquisitions and disposals, IPOs and private equity fundraisings.
Comprehensive corporate broking
Our Corporate Broking team provides a bridge between our corporate clients and their institutional shareholders and investors, helping companies effectively engage with and access the equity capital markets.
We provide a comprehensive service, advising on the effective communication of results and key messages to the market, and we relay detailed feedback from the market about how these messages are received.
We plan institutional roadshows, provide market intelligence, and filter institutional perspectives on corporate governance matters.
OUR CORPORATE CLIENTS
OUR DEALS
OUR ECM ADVISORY TEAM
OVERVIEW
We are one of Ireland’s largest independent corporate finance advisory firms, working with business owners, management teams, and investors to access capital and execute strategic transactions on their behalf.
WHY CHOOSE US
A market leader
Consistently ranked as a leading M&A advisor in Ireland over the last 15 years for both private and public companies.
Proven deal makers
Our dedicated senior team has a wealth of international transaction experience and specialist sectoral expertise.
Integrated ECM
Seamless corporate finance and ECM advice to public companies and new companies listing on the stock market.
EXPERTISE
ESG Advisory
Goodbody Clearstream provides sustainability and carbon management services. We assist organisations to measure and implement best-in-class environmental and sustainable practices in their businesses, products, and supply chains.
We deliver tangible, measurable savings for our clients who include some of the leading technology, corporate, and public sector organisations in Ireland and around the world.
Debt advisory
Working in tandem with our Capital Markets fixed income team and its international distribution reach, we provide alternative funding options for clients from public markets, private placement, international banks, and specialist credit funds, with our specialist team advising on terms, structuring, and maturity.
ECM advisory
Strong track record in capital raising and liquidity events, combining origination strength, structuring expertise, and significant distribution capabilities.
Our advisory work includes IPOs, follow-on equity issues (rights issues, placings, open offers), secondary sell-downs, and other equity-related transactions.
Strategic reviews and restructurings
We have a strong track record in conducting strategic reviews and specialist advice for public, private and semi-state organisations in Ireland.
M&A advisory
Consistently ranked as the leading M&A advisor in Ireland, our in-house sector expertise and experience are key market differentiators for clients when choosing advisors to support them in executing their M&A transactions successfully.
We combine our broad network of relationships with deep sector knowledge and advisory expertise to deliver a specialist M&A and advisory experience for clients.
Private equity fundraisings
Goodbody Corporate Finance has developed a broad distribution base for private equity investment opportunities and our dedicated team can offer access to a diverse network of venture, private equity, family office, and sovereign wealth funds as well as advice and support for companies raising capital.
OUR DEALS
OUR CORPORATE FINANCE DIRECTORS
OVERVIEW
Goodbody Equity Research is made up of a highly experienced team of analysts delivering high-quality research on seven key sectors, led by Dudley Shanley, Head of Research.
Our core research coverage sectors
We offer our international client base quality research coverage in the following sectors covering approximately 100 Irish and international companies.
This business model of focused, value-added research in selected sectors is reflected in our sales, sales trading, and trading function where we offer a full execution service to institutional clients based across the UK, Europe, and North America via a distribution network that rivals our international peers.
VERTICAL EXPERTISE
OUR EQUITY RESEARCH ANALYSTS
OVERVIEW
Goodbody institutional equity specialist sales team offers research-driven investment ideas and high-touch service to our extensive list of institutional clients based across the UK, Europe, and North America.
Enhancing client investment performance
Our Specialist Sales team possess in-depth knowledge of their sectors and stocks, which enables them to provide valuable insights to our clients. While our research is at the heart of all our investment advice, many other variables are driving equity prices and valuations.
Our Specialist Sales team aim to provide this complete picture to our clients, so they can make better informed decisions. Consistent interaction with fund managers, company management teams, use of industry data and our quality research, allied with our high market shares, gives us a unique perspective on stocks that is highly valued by our clients. Fund managers who invest in SMID cap stocks know the alpha that can be made from accessing unique liquidity in size. Our Specialist Sales team working alongside our Execution team, have a long track record of executing complex block trades, generating differentiated liquidity, which leads to improved outcomes for our clients in terms of market impact and time to completion.
The Client Relations Team provides an important overlay to the Equity Sales and Research Teams. The team build, manage and support our buyside institutional client relationships and are the primary contact for MIFID II implementation across our Investment Banking business.
OVERVIEW
Goodbody Trading and Execution offers a traditional stockbroking service to institutional clients. Our team is made up of specialists in the Small-Mid Cap world who leverage deep knowledge of the seven industry sectors that make up our execution and advisory coverage universe.
We currently cover over 130 stocks via Research and Execution.
WHY CHOOSE US
Loyal institutional client base
Working together as partners we deliver the best possible execution strategy and outcome.
Focused coverage universe
We leverage deep knowledge of seven industry sectors that make up our execution and advisory coverage universe.
Superior liquidity and market intelligence
We utilise a highly focused execution model that yields superior liquidity and market intelligence.
Trading
We specialise in a high touch trading often working alongside Sales Trading, Specialist Sales, and Corporate Broking to achieve the best results for our clients executing across the UK (FTSE) and Irish (ISEQ) sectors we cover.
We aim to provide liquidity while supporting UK and Irish-listed companies within our coverage universe. We achieve this via market making and can also offer facilitation upon request.
Our market maker status in all our coverage names forms part of our client facilitation offering and acts to satisfy our MiFID2 pre-trade transparency requirements.
Our underwriting facilities can also competitively price block trades if this is the preferred execution strategy. Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) is also available to help monitor and analyse trading performance.
Sales trading
We aim to execute client orders and source liquidity with minimal market impact using our high-touch strategies (HT), Off-Book On-Exchange (OBOE), market-share intelligence, and relationships.
As a result of our HT approach, we have built up a significant database of potential buyers and sellers across our coverage universe at any one time.
The intelligence from each of these resources at Goodbody (Research, Specialist Sales, Trading, Advisory Sales, and Corporate Broking) is paramount to achieving the best execution and outcome for our customer base on an agency block or risk facilitation basis.
OVERVIEW
By leveraging our award-winning research, broad client reach and experienced trading team, our Fixed Income team incorporates origination, structuring, and issuance of a wide range of corporate and sovereign debt products, with an emphasis on green and social bond issuance.
Irish government bonds
Goodbody is recognised as the primary dealer for Irish Government bonds by National Treasury Management Agency from Monday, 19 June 2023. This recognition underpins Goodbody’s 150-year-old commitment to Irish capital markets. Goodbody looks forward to leveraging the firm’s award-winning research and exceptional distribution, enabling the fixed income team to offer additional financial solutions to corporate and institutional investors.
Bespoke corporate solutions
Our bespoke solutions leverage our research-led sector expertise and high-quality credit research. We provide comprehensive Pan-European and North American distribution, secondary market access and liquidity, and full investor sentiment and positioning analysis.
Goodbody fixed Income sales and research coverage
Working closely with our Corporate Advisory team, including our in-house ESG debt advisory specialists, we create bespoke structured solutions for corporate issuer clients who benefit from access to the unrivalled distribution strength of the Goodbody client base of top-tier institutional clients.
DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS DEALS
OUR FIXED INCOME TEAM
CONTACT US
Speak to our specialist teams in Dublin, London, Cork and Galway.