Overview
Registered Auction Agents (RAAs) are member firms of the London Stock Exchange that act as the gateway for shareholders and eligible investors to access the Private Securities Market (PSM).
A Registered Auction Agent may:
- Verify investor eligibility and complete required suitability checks
- Grant access to company disclosures via the PSM Disclosure Portal
- Submit orders on behalf of investors and shareholders into PSM auctions
The firms listed below are currently registered as Registered Auction Agents on the Private Securities Market. Contact details for each firm are available via the Member Firm Directory.
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Registered Auction Agents
Allenby Capital
Allenby Capital is an employee-owned AIM Nominated Adviser and Broker, Main List Sponsor, and AQUIS Exchange Corporate Adviser, offering a variety of funding solutions for fast-growing companies.
Apex Group
Global financial services provider offering custody and capital markets solutions. Through Apex Unitas, the firm acts as a specialist execution broker in private markets, supporting investor onboarding, eligibility checks, and the execution and settlement of transactions in private securities.
Bank of America
A global financial institution providing banking, wealth management, and corporate services across consumer, commercial, and institutional markets. Its divisions serve institutional investors, global corporations, high‑net‑worth clients, and professional money managers.
Berenberg
One of Europe’s oldest merchant banks, offering wealth management, asset management, investment banking and corporate broking services. It caters to institutional investors, corporate issuers and private clients.
Canaccord Genuity
An independent investment bank with expertise covering investment banking, equity research and sales and trading services. With the ability to list companies on 10 exchanges, Canaccord Genuity deliver sector-focused, idea-driven solutions and provide access to global capital markets to institutional and corporate clients.
Cavendish Capital Markets
Cavendish is a UK investment bank dedicated to ambitious growth companies (typically small and mid-cap) across public and private markets. With expertise spanning equity capital markets - including research, corporate broking, ECM advisory, trading and market making - alongside M&A, debt advisory and private capital, Cavendish partners with companies at every stage of their business lifecycle.
CMC Markets
A global multi-asset financial services firm, serving retail, professional and institutional clients across trading, investing, wealth and institutional services. Through CMC CapX, the Group provides access to private markets, supporting the execution of transactions in private securities.
Crowdcube
A leading private market investment platform and provider of software to help companies manage large scale employee liquidity events. Crowdcube is home to more than 2M registered High Net Worth and retail investors.
Equiniti
A financial services and share‑registry provider offering CREST security enablement, corporate dealing, employee share plans, and investor services. It supports all PSM selling shareholders, employee option holders, EBTs and corporate issuers.
Forge
A private markets platform enabling secondary trading in private company shares. Serves institutional private markets investors, family offices, and sophisticated private company shareholders.
GHC Capital Markets
A UK brokerage providing execution, custody, and private client investment services. Serves wealth clients, private investors, and small institutional accounts.
Hobart Capital Markets LLP
Independent agency-only broker delivering high-quality execution services in equity and fixed income markets. Its client base includes investment banks, asset managers, pension funds, family offices, hedge funds, and proprietary trading firms.
Jane Street Financial
Jane Street is a proprietary trading firm and liquidity provider with a unique focus on technology and collaborative problem solving.
Liberum Wealth
An independent specialist provider of global custody, trade execution, FX, payments and treasury services for high net worth individuals, family offices, and wealth platforms.
MUFG
MUFG Corporate Markets, a division of MUFG Pension & Market Services, provides clients with comprehensive corporate markets offering that connects issuers to their stakeholders. Its uniquely integrated range of capabilities includes shareholder registration, dealing services for executives, employees and shareholders, management and analytics, investor engagement, employee share ownership, and proxy solicitation. The team also offer company secretarial support, as well as various specialist offerings such as debt issuer services and treasury.
Panmure Liberum
A leading independent investment bank working with public and private companies, from private placements and initial public offerings to mergers and acquisitions, disposals, restructurings, equity capital raisings, debt advisory, refinancings and capital distributions. The firm supports institutional investors, mid‑market corporates, and growth companies.
Peel Hunt
A UK specialist bank focused on investment banking, advisory and capital markets services, and research and distribution with a powerful trading platform. It is a leading advisor to UK listed companies and institutional investors with fully regulated distribution capabilities in London, New York, Copenhagen and Abu Dhabi.
Prosper
Prosper is a digital wealth platform for high net worth investors, using scalable technology to offer savings, investments and financial guidance through personal pensions, ISAs and general investment accounts.
Republic Europe
A global financial platform that opens private market investing to everyone. Providing access to highly vetted opportunities, from early-stage startups to growth-stage ventures and the ability to seamlessly trade private company shares on their secondary market.
Retail Book (RBPro)
RBPro aggregates investor demand for PSM auctions through its network of brokers, wealth managers and investment platforms. It provides access for high-net-worth and sophisticated retail investors, as well as professional investors, via integrated broker channels.
Rothschild & Co Global Markets Solutions
Rothschild & Co Global Markets Solutions provides a full range of capital markets services, equity research, technical and systematic analysis, trade execution, corporate access, and ECM distribution, leveraging Rothschild & Co’s leading global advisory network and capabilities. Its clients include a broad range of global investors and corporate issuers.
Singer Capital Markets
Leading UK investment bank providing advice, capital and liquidity solutions to ambitious growth companies. Singers supports companies across their lifecycle, connecting them with institutional and other sources of capital in both public and private markets.
Stifel
A diversified global financial service firm, offering advisory, brokerage, capital markets, research, and wealth management services. Stifel serves corporates, sophisticated investors, and institutions.
Winterflood, a division of Marex
A UK liquidity provider offering execution and market‑making across equities, funds, gilts, bonds, and ETFs. It caters to institutional investors, retail brokers, wealth managers, and investment platforms.
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