10. UniCredit CAIB Securities

10. UniCredit CAIB SecuritiesBrokerage firm UniCredit CAIB Securities reported total securities trading and investment activity of 46.94 million lei at Bucharest Stock Exchange, three times the size of July trading portfolio.

Year-to-date, the company brokered transactions worth a total 298.76 million lei and ranks ninth in the annual top.

In July, UniCredit CAIB brokered transactions worth 15.06 million lei and took the 16th spot.

9. Intercapital Invest

9. Intercapital InvestFinancial investment services company, Intercapital Invest, based in Bucharest, brokered in August transactions worth 49.68 million lei, slightly down from a month earlier.

In July, the brokerage firm reported a trading portfolio of 49.9 million lei, while year-to-date, transactions totaled 260.8 million lei, ranking 11th in the annual top.

8. Tradeville

8. TradevilleThe brokerage house previously known as Vanguard reported a trading portfolio of 53.2 million lei in August, up 43% from 30 million lei a month earlier.

Year-to-date, the firm brokered transactions worth 275.8 million lei, moving up to tenth on the list of top brokerage firms.

7. Carpatica Invest

7. Carpatica InvestThe brokerage arm of Financial Group Carpatica had a trading portfolio of 56.4 million lei in August, 44% more than July.

A month earlier, the company brokered transactions worth 31.5 million lei, taking up the tenth spot.

In the annual list of top brokerage companies, Carpatica Invest ranks eighth with a trading portfolio of 315.8 million lei.

6. BRD Groupe Societe Generale

6. BRD Groupe Societe GeneraleBRD Groupe Societe Generale fell to sixth in August from second in July ranking. In August, the bank’s trading portfolio narrowed 33% from 95.91 million lei reported in July.

Year-to-date, BRD brokered transactions of 351.5 million lei, moving to the sixth position.

5. IFB Finwest

5. IFB FinwestThe brokerage company based in Arad had a trading portfolio of 72.7 million lei in August at Bucharest Stock Exchange, twice the size of July portfolio, taking up the fifth spot in the monthly list of top brokerage firms.

In July, the company reported 30.9 million lei and was standing on eleventh.

In the annual ranking, IFB Finwest took seventh spot with total transactions of 324 million lei.

4. KBC Securities

4. KBC SecuritiesBrokerage firm KBC Securities climbed four positions from July, with 79.9 million lei transactions brokered, 47% more than a month earlier.

In July, KBC’s trading book totaled 41.1 million lei, while up to the current date the total value of brokered transactions amounts 581.3 million lei.

3. ING Bank Romania

3. ING Bank RomaniaAfter recording the highest trading portfolio at BSE in July, ING Bank Romania fell on third position in August, with total transactions of 116.4 million lei.

The decline was largely due to the reduction in transaction value by 23% from 151.3 million lei.

ING brokered transactions worth 683.4 million lei year-to-date and keeps its leading position in the top stock brokerage companies at BSE.

2. Raiffeisen Capital & Investment

2. Raiffeisen Capital & InvestmentRaiffeisen Bank’s brokerage house reported a trading book of 122.7 million lei, 44% more than a month earlier.

Year-to-date, Raiffeisen Capital & Investment brokered stock trades of 534.8 million lei and takes the fourth spot in the annual ranking.

1. BT Securities

1. BT SecuritiesThe brokerage division of Banca Transilvania (BSE: TLV) was the largest brokerage firm in August by the trading book.

In August BT Securities brokered transactions worth 127.9 million lei, twice more than in July.

The growth recorded in August secured BT Securities the second position in the annual list of top stock brokerage firm, with transactions of 648.5 million lei.