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Equities and derivatives trading

This desk handles the Bank's activities in the area of equities and derivatives trading on equity markets.

It also provides assistance to corporate and institutional clients in structuring and executing hedges, disposals and yield-enhancing trades involving equity portfolios, and hedging interest rate and credit risks.

Trading primarily involves the following products:

Equities

• Own trading, risk arbitrage and merger arbitrage
• Block trades
• Stock lending
• Market stabilization following extraordinary financing transactions such as IPOs and rights issues
• Acting as specialist for listed companies

Derivatives

• Convertible bonds: co-origination, structuring and market-making
• Index/basket-linked structured bonds: origination, structuring and market-making
• Equity swaps and forward transactions
• Warrants and options over OTC and listed equities
• Strategic corporate derivatives
• Interest rate swaps, caps, floors and swaptions

Equity Investments

• Investing in pan-European equities over a medium/long-term horizon with a total return investment strategy

Mediobanca has laid down and adopted an order execution and transmission policy in order to comply with the obligations set out by MIFID.