A total of 12 investment intermediaries generated turnover of over 100 mln leva each since the start of the year, data of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) show.

Investbank and UniCredit Bulbank topped the ranking with 404.8 mln leva and 402.2 mln leva turnover, respectively. Eurobank EFG Bulgaria rounded out the top three with a turnover of 315 mln leva in 2008.

First Financial Brokerage House (FFBH), Real Finance and BenchMark Finance have raked in over 200 mln leva turnover each, while Elana Trading and Euro-Finance have generated 159 mln leva and 154 mln leva turnover, respectively.

The turnover of Raiffeisenbann, Capman and CCB also exceeded 100 mln leva.

Karoll tops the ranking in terms of deals sealed with 92,620 transactions in 2008, followed by BenchMark Finance and Elana Trading.

Ug Market occupies the number four spot, followed by FFBH, Capman and Populiarna Kasa.

A total of 14 investment intermediaries have sealed over 10,000 transactions each since the start of the year.

RankIntermediaryTurnover1Investbank4048099252UniCredit Bulbank402250995.33Eurobank EFG315102770.294FFBH274563124.35Karoll250583245.286Real Finance226397989.857BenchMark Finance215445980.498Elana Trading159737789.459Euro-Finance154061778.2310Raiffeisenbank146045172.1811Capman 145231870.3512CCB142197902.3713SIS 86108688.4514Fina-S84197070.0515ING Bank 83685024.1516Bulbrokers69190306.4517Piraeus Bank65180132.2518KTB55546403.5319TBI Investments50482528.3620EFG Securities47554227.23

Top 20 investment intermediaries in terms of number of deals:

RankIntermediaryTransactions1Karoll926202BenchMark Finance624083Elana Trading465254Ug Market332335FFBH214806Capman205587Populiarna Kasa201858SIS161299Eurobank EFG1561510Zagora Finacorp1426311Deltastock1404112Raiffeisenbank1210513Euro-Finance1163014UniCredit Bulbank1046215Investbank984516Beta Corp883917Standart Investment758218Bulbrokers728219Piraeus Bank726120Bora Invest7241

* Data by BSE

See also: Top 20 Intermediaries in Terms of Turnover and Transactions in August