Ognyan Ganev of Investbank is the broker with the highest turnover on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) in 2008 (644.5 mln leva). Kostadina Marinovska and Angel Rabadzhiyski ranked second and third with deals for 236.9 mln leva and 224.7 mln leva, respectively.

Marin Kosturski of BenchMark Finance and Nikolinka Dimova of Real Finance round out the top five of the brokers in terms turnover for 2008.

Svetozar Abrashev (FFBH), Nikola Tsokev (Eurobank EFG and EFG Securities), Stoyan Nikolof (FFHB), Boyka Ivanova (Euro-Finance) and Georgi Koinov (FFBH) also sealed deals for over 100 mln leva last year.

The ranking featured 175 brokers. A total of 72 of the brokers posted a generated of over 10 mln leva each. The ranking included 163 brokers in 2007, 94 of whom had generated a turnover of over 10 mln leva each.

Alexander Nikolov (EIBank) topped the ranking in 2007, while Kliment Rudinksi (Bulbrokers) was the winner in 2006.

RankNameCompany200820071Ognyan GanevInvestbank644 565 631156 224 7842Kostadina MarinovskaUniCredit Bulbank236 329 916n/a3Angel RabadzhiyskiKaroll224 711 866382 593 6844Marin KosturskiBenchMark Finance199 445 769278 608 9245Nikolinka DimovaReal Finance187 632 315197 357 1456Svetozar AbrashevFFBH1433603434987567487Nikola TsokevEurobank EFG1317404303847298818Stoyan Nikolov FFHB1301136491754510319Boyka IvanovaEuro-Finance11312094617873578410Georgi KoinovFFHB10064926012065946811Hristo Durev Raiffeisenbank93018725274677112Dimitar GeorgievElana Trading 90822061n/a13Vladimir DoichinovCCB885782769182176114Nikolay TsonevING Bank8121364017731929715Angel HadzhiyskiCapman7275547319819624216Martin TarpanovRaiffeisenbank70 451 0172 205 126 74517Diana DinevaEurobank EFG/EFG Securities675617282967676018Nikola KirovFina-S6501318410216212519Apostol ApostolovTBI Invest61 117 251166 572 30920Hristo SugarevRaiffeisenbank60 705 917n/a

Data: BSE

See also: Top 20 Brokers in Terms of Number of Deals for 2008