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First North has approved Horwath Revisorerne, PWC Corporate Finance and RevisionsGruppen as Approved Advisers, and thus the number of Approved Advisers is now 19. The alternative marketplace First North opened on 12 December 2005 and is operated under the auspices of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Deputy President Jan Ovesen, Copenhagen Stock Exchange, says, ”It is very positive that First North can welcome yet another three new Approved Advisers so soon after the establishment. The number of Approved Advisers is now 19.”
Carsten Borring, Head of First North adds, ”The interest in becoming an Approved Adviser reflects the fact that there are quite a few small and medium-sized companies which in the coming years are likely to take advantage of the significant growth possibilities offered by the alternative marketplace First North.”
Thomas Krantz, partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers, says, ”We see a listing on First North as an attractive alternative, when we advise our medium-sized clients on sales opportunities. A large number of companies will find that a listing on First North is an obvious sales channel, e.g. in situations where a traditional succession process is not an option.”
The three new Approved Advisers in brief
Horwath Revisorerne was established in 1993 under the name of Revisorerne Strandvejen 58. Today, the accounting firm provides services to 650 majority shareholder enterprises. The company has 40 employees, of which 27 are accountants. Five state-authorised public accountants are affiliated to the company. The products offered by the company contain all aspects of auditing, accounting, tax and asset management. Horwath Revisorerne are members of Horwath International, the eight largest association of integrated accounting firms in the world. Horwath International is a network of more than 110 members operating out of some 400 offices throughout the world.
PricewaterhouseCoopers – Corporate Finance is a part of the global accounting and consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, which employs more than 100,000 people worldwide. PwC Corporate Finance is a specialist department which provides business strategy and corporate finance advice in connection with acquisitions and disposals of enterprises, mergers and demergers, LBOs and finance raising. PwC Corporate Finance has approx. 800 consultants globally and carries out 150-200 transactions each year.
RevisionsGruppen, statsautoriseret revisionsaktieselskab, is an accounting firm with focus on growth and information technology based in Hillerød. The company was founded in 1967 and has since then implemented a growth strategy based on information technology. The company has 12 employees, of which 2 are state-authorised public accountants. RevisionsGruppen has a large number of clients operating in all types of industries. The accounting firm is represented internationally through JHI/ACPA in 55 countries by 140 offices, which are mutually committed to providing high-quality services and products to customers, as well as to growing the organisation and the individual accounting firms.
