Sun, Nov 22 2009
Financia Group, the financial services division of Bulgarian conglomerate Alfa Finance Holding, said that it has completed the acquisition of 51 per cent of Bulgarian insurance broker Broker Ins.
The current owners of the brokerage, Roumen Staikov, Stean Enchev and Konstantina Dragieva, will retain a stake of 49 per cent as well as full executive management control.
As a result of the deal, Broker Ins clients will get access to services like mutual funds and trust management provided by Financia Group.
Financia Group will establish a similar agreement will with Eurobroker in Macedonia.
Financia Group comprises investment brokerage Bulbrokers, corporate finance advisor Bulbrokers Consulting, asset manager Alfa Asset management, and Alfa Credit, a special purpose vehicle for the securitisation of receivables.
Alfa Finance Holding owns a majority stake in more than 60 Bulgarian companies active in financial services, real estate management, mining and logistics.
Strong public opposition to price hikes prompted Prime Minister Boiko Borissov to axe the Finance Ministry proposal to increase the excise duty on spirits, but MPs have put it back on the agenda.
Bulgaria’s Cabinet seeks to reverse recent changes in the telecommunications sector
Kremikovtzi’s prospects for a recovery plan appear increasingly distant
Bulgarians are getting the hang of debit and credit cards, MasterCard says
The two telecoms, both set up to challenge former fixed-line state monopoly BTC, will merge operations and expect to report 20 million euro in revenue and a gross profit of five million euro in 2010.