Alfred Berg, through ABN AMRO Rothschild, the bank’s joint venture for equity capital markets, has for the first time achieved first place for IPOs in the Nordic region for the first half of 2005.

This week it was also named ‘Best Equity House in the Nordic Region and the Baltics’ in Euromoney magazine’s 2005 Awards for Excellence, as well as receiving individual country awards for Best Equity House in Denmark and Sweden.

David Woods, CEO of Alfred Berg, said:
“Alfred Berg has taken a strong position in the Nordic investment banking market, with first-rate corporate finance and equities franchises. We have a unique position in the region as an established local operation with large-scale global capability through the ABN AMRO group.

“That combination of local knowledge and global expertise has proven to be decisive also for our Equities clients and those clients requiring cross-border corporate finance expertise.” He concluded.

The Thomson IPO league table position included...