Finam
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| Finam Investment Holding | |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Key people | Victor Remsha, CEO |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Website | www.finamrus.com |
Finam Investment Company, based on which an investment holding of the same name was formed, was established in 1994 and it was one of the concerns that began to provide stock market services in Russia. At present, Finam offers its corporate and private clients one of the widest ranges of investment services – from the option to invest funds into stock market instruments and asset management to the comprehensive support of transactions to buy and sell businesses and capital operations (IPO, private offerings, etc.). The holding pursues an intensive direct investment policy, spending funds on the purchase of high-tech projects. The first mutual fund in Russia for investments in high-tech companies (Finam – Information Technologies) was formed within the holding.
Finam Investment Holding consists of
• Finam Investment Company (Russia),
• financial company Finam Limited (EU),
• asset management company Finam Management (mutual funds, Russia),
• news agency Finam.ru (Russia),
• insurance broker Finam Insurance (Russia),
• Training Center Finam (Russia),
• and also a number of assets in various sectors of the national economy, primarily in the high-tech industry.
Based on 2007 performance, Finam is
- one of the biggest brokerages in Russia, with an aggregate securities turnover of more than $130 billion. Finam is # 1 in terms of turnover on the stock market among all Russian investment companies,
- the widest regional network. Products and services promoted by Finam Investment Company are available in 90 cities of Russia and it is a dynamically expanding global broker. Finam gained the status of a member on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and also began to provide services to Japanese investors who trade in Russian equities, and it is one of the primary players on the asset management service market. The net asset value of the mutual funds run by Finam Management jetted 224.13% y-o-y, while individual asset management accounts surged 38%,
- a leading investment bank that deals with IT projects. The holding, to be more precise, mutual fund Finam – Information Technologies, has consolidated blocks of shares in a number of leading Russian and global IT firms,
- a major investor in real estate assets. Mutual fund Finam – Capital Investments ramps up investment in land assets, primarily agricultural lands, also injects funds into commercial real estate assets and other projects,
- a dynamically expanding bank. Bank Finam entered the Top 500 participants on the Russian market and ranks among Russia’s 250 largest banks in terms of consumer loans issued,
- a leader on the Russian equities education market. During the year Training Center Finam provided educational services to over 10,000 investors.
In 2007 Finam was awarded the following prizes:
° Financial Olympus (the first prize in the category “Biggest Investment Company on the M&A Market” (Potential and Prospects);
° Financial Elite of Russia (investment bank Finam took the prize in the category “Discovery of the Year”);
° HR Brand of the Year (as one of the most attractive employers in Russia);
° Best Financial Services for Households/Best Financial Producer Retailer (the website finam.ru was named the best in the category “Best Website – Most Reader-Friendly Website”).
Services offered by the companies that make up Finam Investment Holding are as follows:
• brokerage services on the Russian and global financial markets;
• information support and advisory services for our clients;
• collective investment instruments (a range of mutual funds run by management company Finam Management);
• services on the FX market;
• banking services.
Finam hold all licenses required to render services to clients on the Russian and global stock markets, providing access to the following trading floors:
• Moscow Inter-Bank Currency Exchange (MICEX)
• AMEX
• NASDAQ Capital Market
• NASDAQ Global Markets
• New York Stock Exchange
• NYSE ARCA
• OTC Bulletin Board on NASDAQ
• Other OTC on NASDAQ (Pink Sheets)
• London International Exchange
• London Stock Exchange SETS Market
• Australian Stock Exchange
• Wiener Börse (Vienna) Stock Exchange
• Euronext Brussels
• OMX Copenhagen - First North
• OMX Copenhagen
• OMX Helsinki
• Euronext Paris
• Frankfurt /Xetra Stock Exchange
• Milano Stock Exchange
• Tokyo Stock Exchange
• Euronext Amsterdam
• Oslo Stock Exchange
• Euronext Lisbon
• Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited
• Sistema De Interconexion Bursatil Espanol
• OMX Stockholm - First North
• OMX Stockholm
• Swiss Exchange
• SWX Europe ( formerly Virt-X )
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• FOREX (more than 150 currency pairs)
