BG Capital is a full-service investment firm in the Frontier Markets of the former Soviet Union with key operations in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

, Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

, and Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

. Headquartered in Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, the capital of Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

, BG Capital offers a range of investment-related services, including equity and fixed income

Fixed income

Fixed income refers to any type of investment that is not equity, which obligates the borrower/issuer to make payments on a fixed schedule, even if the number of the payments may be variable....

 brokerage

Broker

A broker is a party that arranges transactions between a buyer and a seller, and gets a commission when the deal is executed. A broker who also acts as a seller or as a buyer becomes a principal party to the deal...

, research, equity and debt capital-raising, investment banking

Investment banking

An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities...

, and asset management.

The company is a member of the Bank of Georgia Group, and is wholly owned by Bank of Georgia

Bank of Georgia

JSC Bank of Georgia is a leading Georgian universal bank, providing a full range of commercial and investment banking, wealth management, insurance, trade finance, leasing and card processing services to its corporate and retail clients...

, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...

 under the BGEO LI ticker.

Brokerage

BG Capital specializes in both equity and debt brokerage services, and is able to trade securities directly on over 180 worldwide exchanges.

Since 2008 BG Capital was named as one of the top-3 Ukrainian investment companies in Thomson Extel Survey.

In 2010 BG Capital was named the best Frontier Market Investment Bank in Central & Eastern Europe by Euromoney 2010 Awards for Excellence for leading financial companies.

Investment Banking

Since 2005, BG Capital has completed more than 30 capital-raising transactions on regional debt and equity markets, valued at approximately $1 billion, according to company estimates.

In November 2006, BG Capital acted as the exclusive selling agent for Bank of Georgia’s Initial Public Offering

Initial public offering

An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...

 (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...

, which raised $159.8 million, and in December 2007 the company was a joint adviser on one of Ukraine’s largest M&A

Mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin, or a new field or...

 deals, the sale of 100% in ISTIL Group to ESTAR Management Company Ltd.

In October 2009 BG Capital was the sole placement agent and bookrunner for the secondary private placement of a 17.2% equity stake in one of Ukraine's largest agricultural holdings, Sintal Agriculture on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Frankfurt Stock Exchange

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is the world's 12th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. Located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is owned and operated by Deutsche Börse, which also owns the European futures exchange Eurex and the clearing company...

 under the SNPS GF, which was one of the only large Ukrainian equity placements in 2009 .

In March 2010 BG Capital became a full IPO Partner of the Warsaw Stock Exchange

Warsaw Stock Exchange

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