RE: Qurstion for whoever knows2 Jul 2024 09:40
@hungryheart, I also have a broker that does not participate via bookbuild. Several emails and calls to my broker and bookbuild later and having picked up some shares at 2.1 and 2.2 in the open market, this was the email I received from bookbuild having advised them that equiniti didn’t want to assist me in buying via the Retail Offer:
I hope this message finds you well and I am sorry that you have not been able to participate in the Petro Matad retail offer.
By way of an overview BookBuild is a digital platform that enables UK issuers to include retail investors in the capital raising process, and do so through their existing intermediaries. Historically, retail investors have been largely excluded from the secondary capital raising process, which were typically accessed only by institutional and or sophisticated investors. To us, this exclusion seemed counterintuitive, especially when these same excluded investors could purchase shares in the open market, often at a premium.
In response, the UK government initiated the UK Secondary Capital Raising Review with a key objective of fostering greater participation by retail investors in secondary offerings by issuers. Following the review's recommendations in 2022, issuers are now encouraged to consider including retail investors more fully in their capital raising plans, as demonstrated by Petro Matad.
BookBuild operates as a B2B platform, positioned between the investment bank representing the issuer and the intermediary representing retail investors. This setup ensures a straightforward and efficient solution for scalable participation in UK issuers' secondary capital raises by retail investors using the existing market infrastructure.
Since the successful conclusion of our first retail offer in 2023, BookBuild has completed more retail offers than any other platform and has been adopted by both the largest and smallest intermediaries in the UK. The list of participating intermediaries in the Petro Matad offer can be found at the following link:
https://www.bookbuild.live/deals/0Q6MG1/authorised-intermediaries
BookBuild is open to any intermediary at any time during any transaction. There are no technical, legal, or financial reasons for an intermediary not to register and participate in retail offers via the platform. This can be demonstrated and evidenced by its significant adoption by intermediaries of all sizes in the UK.
What is important to note is that on the 31st July 2023 the FCA introduced the Consumer Duty Act, which applies to all intermediaries including those who provide share dealing services. In short, the duty requires firms to act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers. Firms must act in good faith towards customers, avoid causing them foreseeable harm, and enable and support them to pursue their financial objectives.