The assets of 14 Bulgarian mutual funds and investment companies increased by more than 100% in 2007 first half, shows profit.bg data.

The number one company in these terms is Advance Eastern Europe which manages some 22.59 mln leva, or 11.55 mln euros. This is 667% up from last year when assets stood at 2.94 mln leva (1.503 mln euros).

Five funds have increased assets by 200%. These are Status New Shares, KD Equity Bulgaria, Capman Max, BenchMark Fund-2 and Ug Market Maximum.

Eight other companies increased assets by between 100.71% and 187.06%. The positive tendency is due to generating new assets, as well as to the positive trend on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange over tha past several months and years.

№NameDec/31/2006July 4/2007Difference1Advance Eastern Europe2942943,2722593356,99667.71%2Status New Shares4397214,1817222486,29291.67%3KD Equity Bulgaria1026560,783842538,65274.31%4Capman Max6805316,6225063060,66268.29%5NbenchMark Fund-25411264,0518046750,39233.50%6Ug Market Maximum953507,473067563,52221.71%7DSK Growth15954472,9645798522,75187.06%8Raiffeisen Bulgaria Equity Fund12958099,0835494651,8173.92%9DSK Balance16002753,1640281508,68151.72%10Alpha Index Top 20441363,521065954,53141.51%11UBB Premium Shares5759953,2513656203,32137.09%12TBI Dynamic7232593,8816128164,69122.99%13BenchMark Fund 3677238,791446759,08113.63%14KD Bonds Bulgaria591708,111187628,6100.71%15Elana Balanced Fund11248231,5521309171,2889.44%16Elana High Yield Fund98839601794096581.52%17Elana Balanced Eurofund143247252532608176.80%18TBI Harmony7618081,9912151711