On 7 April 2009, Asov&BlackSea Investment Company with its seat in Kharkov, Ukraine was approved by the WSE Management Board into the WSE IPO Partner Programme aimed to attract foreign companies to the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Asov&BlackSea Investment Company is the 20th WSE IPO Partner and the 9th Partner from Ukraine.
Asov&BlackSea Investment Company has been operating in Ukrainian capital market since 1995, offering their clients a wide range of brokerage services (both on its own and on their customers accounts) and comprehensive advisory services ranging from the preparation of IPOs, to securities portfolio management.
Asov&BlackSea Investment Company has been and continues to be an active participant of the Ukrainian capital market, conducting the transactions on its exchange and off-exchange markets.
The company is involved in a large number of investment projects within the borders of the country.
As a WSE IPO Partner, Asov&BlackSea Investment Company will cooperate with enterprises interested in raising funds on the Polish capital market equally well through public and private issues.
The WSE IPO Partner Programme, launched in Autumn of 2006, is designed to ensure the support of WSE Partners – foreign financial services providers – for WSE promotion in foreign markets.
The WSE signs agreements with brokerage and investment service companies who then act as direct and indirect promoters of the Warsaw market among potential issuers established outside Poland.
Under the agreement, WSE Partners receive a special logo which they may use in their efforts to attract issuers and an opportunity to include information on their WSE-authorised partner status in letters and documents.
Since the programme was initiated in Autumn of 2006, the list of participants has grown and now includes the following companies:- Ukraine: Altera Finance, Sokrat Capital, Millennium Capital, Financial and Analytical Group Pro-Consulting, Concorde Capital, Fund of Industrial Development, Aval-Brok Limited, Ukranet, Asov&BlackSea Investment Company
- Belarus: Uniter Investment Company CJSC, Priorbank JSC, Belarusbank
- USA: US Finance Connect, LLC, Silicon Hill Ventures LLC, Wedbush Morgan Securities
- Czech Republic: Wood & Company Financial Services, Cyrrus, a.s.
- Cyprus: Renaissance Securities Ltd
- Sweden: Swedbank
- Turkey: INFIN Financial Services