Capital Markets

Arctica Finance's Capital Markets focus on servicing domestic and overseas institutional investors with Icelandic related exposure.

Markaðsviðskipti Arctica Finance hafa milligöngu um viðskipti með innlenda og erlenda fjármálagerninga, hvort sem það eru skráðir eða óskráðir fjármálagerningar.

Markaðsviðskipti Arctica Finance er óháð og hlutlaus. Arctica Finance hefur ekki með höndum útlánastarfssemi og sérfræðingar markaðsviðskipta eru því óháðir í greiningu, mati og vali á fjárfestingum og fjármögnunarkostum sem skilar sér í faglegri þjónustu viðskiptavinum til hagsbóta.

Miðlun verðbréfa
Arctica Finance veitir viðskiptavinum sínum alla nauðsynlega þjónustu við kaup og sölu verðbréfa, þ.á.m.:
  • Hlutabréf
  • Fyrirtækjaskuldabréf og víxlar
  • Skuldabréf, víxlar og önnur verðbréf útgefin af íslenska ríkinu og sveitarfélögum
  • Skuldabréf útgefin af erlendum fyrirtækjum í íslenskum krónum
Útboð verðbréfa
Starfsfólk Arctica Finance hafa áralanga reynslu af umsjón með hvers kyns útboðum skulda- og hlutabréfa. Arctica Finance þjónustar fyrirtæki, sveitarfélög og stofnanir við að afla sér fjármagns með lokuðum skulda- og hlutabréfaútboðum. Þjónusta af þessu tagi felst meðal annars í eftirfarandi atriðum:
  • Að greina stöðu útgefanda
  • Að veita ráðgjöf um form fjármögnunar
  • Að eiga samskipti við fjárfesta
  • Að annast gerð kynninga
  • Að gefa álit á útgefanda- og verðbréfalýsingum
  • Að hafa umsjón með skráningu verðbréfa hjá Verðbréfaskráningu Íslands (rafræn útgáfa)
  • Að veita ráðgjöf um og hafa umsjón með lokaðri sölu/útboði verðbréfa
Fjármögnun tengd endurskipulagningu
Rík áhersla er lögð á þverfaglega samvinnu og þjónustu við endurskipulagningu og fjármögnun fyrirtækja með það fyrir augum að finna markaðstengdar lausnir og þannig auka vídd mögulegra úrlausna til hagsbóta fyrir bæði fjárfesta og fyrirtæki.

Services

Brokerage

Arctica Finance provides its clients with all necessary services relating to buying and selling securities, such as:

  • Icelandic equities
  • Fixed income, notes and other securities issued by the government of Iceland and Icelandic municipalities
  • Fixed income, notes and other securities issued by Icelandic corporates
  • ISK denominated bonds issued by foreign companies

Financing

Arctica Finance provides capital-raising services for a wide variety of clients, ranging from public to private, always with the goal of creating an optimal capital structure for every client we serve.  In a capital markets environment that is rapidly changing and increasingly complex, it is critical to have a trusted advisor with the experience and proven ability to engineer a financing solution.

Nasdaq OMX Iceland

Arctica Finance is a member of the Icelandic Stock Exchange and thus able to offer a full range of trading services with respect to listed securities to its clients. A/F is also capable of and experienced in leading a process for corporates, municipalities and other possible issuers both for bonds and equity.

Personnel

The personnel of Capital Markets at Arctica Finance have vast experience in the capital markets.

JonIngiArnason

Jón Ingi Árnason

Head of Capital Markets

Jón Ingi Árnason is the Head of Capital Markets at Arctica Finance. He joined Arctica Finance in March 2020. Jón Ingi has worked in the financial market since 2000, first at the United Pension Fund and later as a director and securities broker at Islandsbanki, Kvika and Landsbanki Islands. From 2010 to 2015, Jón Ingi worked as a hedge fund manager at J Bond Partners and Landsbref. Jón Ingi holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Iceland and he is also a certified securities broker in Iceland.
joningi [at] arctica.is+354 847 5541
MagnusSimonarson

Magnús Símonarson

Specialist in Capital Markets

In early 2023, Magnús Símonarson joined the Capital Markets at Arctica Finance as a fixed income broker. Magnús has worked in the financial industry in recent years along with his studies. Previously, Magnús worked in institutional asset management and pension fund operations at Arion bank. Additionally, Magnús has been an assistant teacher in the courses Microeconomics 2 and Probability and programming at the University of Iceland. Magnús holds a B.S. degree in Economics from the University of Iceland, part of which he completed at Stanford University in the USA.
magnuss [at] arctica.is+354 847 7442
RunarSteinnBenediktsson

Rúnar Steinn Benediktsson

Specialist in Capital Markets

Rúnar Steinn Benediktsson joined Arctica Finance's Capital Markets team in 2023, bringing in over a decade of experience in the Icelandic Financial Industry. Before, he worked as a Equities Broker at Islandsbanki from 2018 to 2023 and as a Equities Broker at Fossar Markets from 2017 to 2018. Prior to that, he was a bond broker at Islandsbanki from 2015 to 2017, and a FX broker at the same bank from 2012-2015. Rúnar holds a B.Sc. degree in Economics from the University of Iceland, an MCF degree in Corporate Finance from Reykjavik University, and is a certified securities broker in Iceland.
runar [at] arctica.is+354 844 2619

Sveinn Þórarinsson

Sérfræðingur í markaðsviðskiptum

Sveinn Þórarinsson er sérfræðingur í Markaðsviðskiptum Arctica Finance. Hann hóf störf hjá Arctica Finance í júní 2025. Sveinn hefur starfað á fjármálamarkaði frá árinu 2003 þegar hann hóf störf hjá Glitni. Hann starfaði fyrst á lánasviði í eignarleigu og síðar í Greiningardeild Íslandsbanka til ársins 2009 þegar hann hóf störf í Fyrirtækjaráðgjöf bankans. Eftir mastersnám milli 2011 og 2013 var Sveinn ráðinn til Landsbankans og stýrði hlutabréfagreiningu bankans til ársins 2021.  Sveinn starfaði síðan sem sjóðstjóri hlutabréfa hjá Kviku Eignastýringu frá 2022 til 2025.

Sveinn er með BSc-gráðu í fjármálum frá Háskóla Íslands, MSc-gráðu í nýsköpunarfræðum frá Háskólanum í Gautarborg og hefur hann jafnframt öðlast verðbréfaréttindi.
sveinn [hjá] arctica.is+354 666 2422
SverrirBergsteinsson

Sverrir Bergsteinsson

Specialist in Capital Markets

Sverrir Bergsteinsson joined Arctica Finance in July 2023. Sverrir has been working in the financial market since 2006 - first as an analyst at Straumborg Investment company and later as a specialist at the Winding-up Board of Landsbankinn. In the year 2014 Sverrir started working as a fund manager at GAMMA Capital Management but joined Kvika Bank following the sale of GAMMA to Kvika. In the year 2021 Sverrir joined a fund management company called Glymur Asset Management as a fund manager of credit funds. Sverrir holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Iceland and is also a certified securities broker in Iceland.
sverrirb [at] arctica.is+354 847 7450
GretarBrynjolfsson

Ægir Birgisson

Specialist in Capital Markets

Ægir Birgisson joined Capital Markets at Arctica Finance in August 2018. Ægir has been working in the Icelandic financial markets since 1994, first in private banking at Islandsbanki Securities and later as securities broker and director at The Icelandic Investment Bank (FBA), Straumur Investment Bank and VBS Investment Bank. From 2011 to 2018 Ægir worked independently in proprietary trading and consulting. Ægir holds a B.S. degree in finance from University of S-Alabama, MBA from Reykjavík University and is certified securities broker in the Icelandic securities market.
aegir [at] arctica.is+354 883 3322