US Dollar heads up and gold becomes cheaper in 2010 – analyses and predictions by ELANA Trading and Saxo Bank dismissing a few myths about international financial markets this year
On 26th January 2010 analysts from ELANA Trading and Saxo Bank presented “Myth & Reality About Trading on International Financial Markets” featuring predictions about the most popular assets in 2010 and specific trading ideas to help investors benefit from the markets status this year.
Advent International tender offer for Devin is published in Bulgarian
The global private equity firm Advent International launched a tender offer for approximately 9.9% of the shares in Devin AD (“Devin”), Bulgaria’s leading mineral water bottler and distributor of soft drinks, at BGN 3.5 per share.
ELANA Fund Management was awarded
Bulgarian Fund Manager of the Year
fourth year in a row
ELANA Fund Management topped the annual Bulgarian fund managers ranking by the local Banker Weekly for a 4th year in a row and was awarded again The Fund Manager of the Year.
ELANA Trading will advise the execution of Advent International tender offer for 9.9% of Devin shares
Advent International, the global private equity firm, filed yesterday a tender offer in relation to its intended acquisition of approximately 9.9% of the shares in Devin AD at the Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission (FSC).
ELANA Money Market Fund was awarded BNE 2009 Best Money Market/Fixed Income Fund
ELANA Fund Management’s ELANA Money Market Fund took 2009 Business New Europe Magazine Award for The Best Money Market/Fixed Income Fund within the annual CEE & CIS funds survey.
Bureau Veritas awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification to ELANA Investment
On 29th May 2009 the head of Bureau Veritas Certification – Bulgaria Mr. Kalin Panev handed over to Ms Kristina Tsvetanska, Executive Director of ELANA Investment, the documents for awarding ISO 9001: 2008 certification to the consultancy company of ELANA.
ELANA Holding's Ivaylovgrad wind park was certified Class A Investment by the Bulgarian Investment Agency
On 18th May 2009 the Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy Anna Yaneva handed over a certificate for Class A Investment for Ivaylovgrad Wind Park to Ivan Gerginov, Officer with procuration and head of the renewables division at ELANA Holding.
A new low risk ELANA fund in EUR was approved by the Financial Supervision Commission
On 29 April 2009 The Financial Supervision Commission approved the public offering of shares of the 7th ELANA fund – low risk ELANA Eurofund denominated in euro.
On 30th April, Thursday, ELANA offices will open for customers from 8.45 am to 1 pm
ELANA offices will be closed during the official holidays from 1st May to 6th May 2009. ELANA Trading International Markets Department will operate with its usual working hours during the holidays.
ELANA Holding will have 50 solar power stations in progress by the end of 2009
ELANA Holding, the renewable energy business division of ELANA, will conclude contracts with investors for turn-key implementation of 50 solar power stations by the end of 2009.
On 17th April ELANA service centres will be open for customers from 8.45 am to 1 pm and the customers of ELANA Trading International Markets will be serviced till 9.30 pm
On 17th April, Friday, ELANA service centres will be open for customers from 8.45 am to 1 pm. ELANA Trading customers for international markets will be provided with services till 9.30 pm.
ELANA Investment submitted 24 solar energy projects applications in March within the EU Rural Development Programme
A total of 24 solar projects applying for funding from the EU Rural Development Programme were developed and submitted by ELANA Investment for evaluation by Agriculture State Fund.
ELANA Trading is recommended by KD Securities to accept its client’s assets upon ceasing operation in Bulgaria
ELANA Trading signed an agreement on 2 April with KD Securities, the Bulgarian brokerage of the Slovenian KD Group, to be the recommended broker for the transfer of its current customers’ assets upon ceasing operation in Bulgaria.
ELANA Investment submitted its 100th project proposal at the Rural Development Programme
In mid-March 2009 the specialized EU funding consultant ELANA Investment submitted 100th application assigned by a customer, at the Agriculture State Fund, The Rural Development Programme.
A new service by ELANA Trading as of February - personalised investment advice
As of 9 February ELANA Trading offers a new consultancy service – personalised investment advice for traders on Bulgarian Stock Exchange and international markets.
ELANA Money Market Fund was the best performing fund on the Bulgarian market in 2008
ELANA Money Market Fund wrapped up 2008 by achieving a return for investors of 7.87% for the period of January to December which registered the best result on the Bulgarian fund market for the year.
ELANA Fund Management was awarded Bulgarian Fund Manager of the Year 3rd year in a row
ELANA Fund Management topped the annual Bulgarian fund managers ranking by the local Banker Weekly for a 3rd year in a row and was awarded The Fund Manager of the Year.
New office for ELANA investment centre in the very centre of Sofia as of 20th October
As of 20th October 2008 ELANA investment centre at Kuzman Shapkarev Street will change address moving into a new office again in the very centre of Sofia – 96, Rakovski St.
The shareholders of ELANA Eurofund will distribute 2007 profit as dividends
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of ELANA Eurofund on 18th September decided to distribute 2007 profit worth BGN 444 058 as dividends. The gross dividend per share will be announced on 2nd October and the dividends will be made payable as of 20th October.
15th August 2008 is the last date for buying/selling shares of ELANA Eurofund and ELANA High Yield Fund in order to have valid vote at the Annual Meetings of Shareholders on 1 September
The last date for deals with shares of Eurofund and ELANA High Yield Fund on the Bulgarian Stock exchange is 14 August 2008.
Annual General Meetings of Shareholders of ELANA Eurofund and ELANA High Yield Fund will be held on 1 September 2008
On 1 September 2008 at the Central Military Club in Sofia ELANA Eurofund and ELANA High Yield Fund will hold their Annual General Meetings of Shareholders.
The capital-protected fund offered by ELANA will start secondary market with first share price calculated on 31 July
Purchase orders for shares of the capital-protected Horizon Commodity 1 Fund in its secondary market are accepted by 30 July, 3 pm in all ELANA centres throughout the country. The fund was launched by ELANA Fund Management back in June and offered in the period of 9 June to 4 July fund shares for the basic value of EUR 100 (fees not incl.). After this initial period of subscription, Horizon Commodity 1 continues to function as a regular open-end fund – shares can be issued or redeemed anytime at prices calculated twice a month.
ELANA Agricultural Land Opportunity Fund REIT was awarded
The REIT with the Best Corporate Governance 2007
by the Bulgarian Association of Investors
ELANA Agricultural Land Opportunity Fund REIT (ELANA ALOF) was awarded The REIT with the Best Corporate Governance 2007 at the last night 6th annual ceremony of the Association of Investors for awarding the best corporate governance practice in the Bulgarian financial industry.
ELANA Fund Management launches
a 100% capital-protected fund generating return from the prices of 6 commodities
ELANA Fund Management launches the first capital-protected fund designed for the Bulgarian market offering 100% protection of the investment at the date of maturity in 3 years.
ELANA Trading started information campaign to help smooth adaptation of customers to XETRA
ELANA Trading started an information campaign about the changes in trading with the introduction of XETRA on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange to support the brokers’ customers in the smooth adaptation after 16 June 2008.
ELANA Dollar Fund hit over the USD 1 mln assets in April 2008
The assets under management of the 6th ELANA fund, ELANA Dollar Fund, went over USD 1 mln in the end of April 2008 - as of 30.04.2008 a total of USD 1.2 mln was under maangement, being accumulated only in the last 3 months. The low-risk fund in US dollars was started on 1 February 2008. Yield results are to be published 6 months after the start of public offering – in August 2008.
Low-risk ELANA Money Market Fund has accumulated nearly 4% yield only for 6 months from its start
ELANA Money Market Fund started publishing yield data as of the beginning of May 2008 after reaching a period of 6 months since the beginning of public offering. The accumulated yield of the fund from the start of public offering on 31.10.2007 till 12 May 2008 got to 3.98%.
Half of the newly subscribed traders in April on the local market for the Internet platform of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange are ELANA Trading customers
Out of a total of 64 new subscribers to the Internet platform COBOS for trading on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange in April 2008 – 37 customers – belong to ELANA Trading.
One third of the projects applied for Modernisation of farms within the EU programme for the development of rural regions by the end of April were developed by ELANA Investment
Out of a total of 61 applications submitted in the end of April for Modernisation of farms within the EU programme for the Development of Rural regions,a total of 20 were submitted by customers of ELANA Investment who has developed the business plans and consulted the projects’ development.
22-years old student became the 1000th customer of ELANA Trading in trading on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange by the subscription to COBOS Internet platform
22-years old student in engineering and energy sector studies Deyan Bararov is the 1000th customer of ELANA Trading in trading on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange through the Internet platform of the local stock market COBOS. He won the announced by ELANA Trading prize of BGN 1000 investment for trading (approx. EUR 500).
ELANA outlines the trends on the stock market, mutual funds and the agricultural land market
The management of ELANA Financial Holding reported the company financial results 2007 at a press conference held on 19 March 2008 when ELANA experts also outlined their expectations for the trends on the markets of the group operations.
The development strategy of ELANA Financial Holding companies
The management of ELANA Financial Holding presented on 19 March 2008 the financial results 2007 of the group of companies and announced its strategic targets for development of each of the units.
Becoming a public company is a vision for the future development of the newly established ELANA Financial Holding
In the end of 2007 ?LANA separated its financial services into ELANA Financial Holding and organized all its other business activity into the “mirror” structure of ELANA Holding. The vision for future development of ELANA Financial Holding is related to listing the company on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange and making it public.
The initial public offering of the company would be planned not earlier than the second half of the year.
ELANA Holding reported 180% profit growth for 2007
All ELANA Holding companies wrapped up 2007 with revenue of a total of BGN 49,3 mln (~ EUR 25 mln) which represented a 50% growth compared to 2006 (~ BGN 32,8 mln). The total net profit of the holding for 2007 amounted at approx. BGN 7,5 mln (EUR 4 mln) representing a profit growth of 180% compared to the previous year (2006: ~BGN 2,7 mln).
ELANA Fund Management ended February topping the asset management market with BGN 107 mln
ELANA Fund Management wrapped up February 2008 with the biggest amount of assets among the local asset managers reporting the total of BGN 107 130 076 assets under management within 6 Elana mutual funds (as of 29.02.2008).
ELANA Money Market Fund awarded Investment Product of 2007
On 27 February 2008 at the International Banks, Investments, Money Fair in Plovdiv, ELANA’s 5th mutual fund ELANA Money Market Fund was awarded Financial Product of 2007 in the prize category of Investment Products.
New price list and wider access to international markets by ELANA Trading as of 11 February
ELANA Trading is introducing a new price list for its services while also widening the portfolio of offers for its customers. Options on futures are offered now on the local market as well as trading on nearly 20 stock exchanges in Europe, US, Asia and Australia.
ELANA launched its 6th mutual fund - low-risk ELANA Dollar Fund
The shares of the 6th mutual fund of ELANA Fund Management – the low risk ELANA Dollar Fund – started offering as of the beginning of February 2008. ELANA Dollar Fund is the second mutual fund of ELANA denominated in USD.
ELANA expands network with a new investment centre in Sofia
The 11th ELANA investment centre opened doors for customers in Business Park Sofia in the beginning of February 2008. This is the 3rd ELANA investment centre in Sofia and the other 8 are located in major regional business locations throughout the country – Plovdiv, Varna, Bourgas, Stara Zagora, Blagoevgrad, Rousse, Pleven and Shoumen.
ELANA Trading got into agreement with Thomson Financial to deliver Bulgarian market analyses for publication
ELANA Trading signed a contract with Thomson Financial to deliver market analyses, corporate profiles and recommendations regarding the companies on the Bulgarian stock exchange.
ELANA Trading got the silver and bronze annual prizes for 2007 from the Bulgarian Stock Exchange
The traditional annual prizes of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange rated ELANA Trading in the top 3 of the Bulgarian investment intermediaries for the year.
Owner of a small IT company got the prize of BGN 10 000 from ELANA Trading in the virtual stock market game CITY
The IT expert Georgi Paroushev won the top prize in the virtual stock market game of Dnevnik Daily – CITY. The prize was BGN 10 000 from ELANA Trading which was handed over to the winner by Radoslava Maslarska, the executive director, at a special event organized by Dnevnik Daily.
ELANA Fund Management was awarded The Asset Manager of 2007
For a second year in a row ELANA Fund Management was ranked The Asset Manager of the Year by Banker Weekly annual ranking of the Bulgarian asset managers based on a set of performance criteria measured quarterly.
The initial public offering of 2 mln new shares of Enemona was scheduled for 26th November 2007 after the State Gazette publication regarding the IPO terms and a notice in a national daily came out on 16 November.
Successful bids for 6 investment projects of SMEs developed by ELANA Investment within Phare grant scheme
A total of 6 new investment projects of SMEs developed and consulted by ELANA Investment won the bid within the Phare grant scheme for support of competitiveness capacity of SMEs, Phase II.
Consumer credits of up to BGN 80 000 available now for investors in ELANA mutual funds and customers of ELANA Trading owning shares in BG40 companies
ELANA Trading and Overgas Capital signed an agreement for offering a share secured credit especially for the customers of the investment intermediary who own shares in BG40 companies as well as for investors in all 5 ELANA mutual funds.
ELANA launches is 5th mutual fund: The new ELANA Money Market Fund is ideal for effective corporate cash management
ELANA Money Market Fund is the new and the 5th mutual fund of ELANA Fund Management that will start public offering in a month after getting its license by the Financial Supervision Commission last week.
ELANA Agricultural Land Opportunity Fund REIT stocks up with 73% for the last 8 months
The investors in ELANA Agricultural Land Opportunity Fund REIT have yielded a rate of return of 73% for the past 8 months of 2007. This is the only REIT in the country, which is included
in all 4 Bulgarian Stock Exchange indices.
The newly issued shares of DEVIN following the IPO in July were registered by the Central Depositary
The Central Depositary registered the new 3 mln shares of DEVIN following the IPO performed earlier in July 2007. The shares were registered on 29th August and documents for a registration by the Financial Supervision Commission were filed on the next day.
ELANA Trading performed bonds issue placement for Intercapital Property Development
ELANA Trading performed private placement of bonds for the real estate company Intercapital Property Development with maturity period of 3 years at the amount of EUR 5 mln.
The increase of the capital of DEVIN following the initial public offering was registered by the Smolyan Regional Court
By a decision as of 16th August 2007 the Smolyan Regional Court registered the increase of capital of Devin from BGN 14 891 306 to BGN 17 891 306 following the issuance of the new 3 mln ordinary dematerialized shares with face value of BGN 1 each.
Third mutual fund of ELANA exceeded net assets of over BGN 20 mln by the end of July
ELANA High Yield Fund reported a total of BGN 20,79 mln net assets in the end of July and became the third out of 4 ELANA funds with accumulated investments of over BGN 20 mln.
ELANA Agricultural Opportunity Fund is the first REIT on the stock market with acquired land of 20 430 ha
As of 31st July 2007, ELANA Agricultural Opportunity Fund REIT (EAOF) reported a total of 20 430 ha agricultural land purchased, which makes it the first REIT on the stock market with over 20 000 ha land acquired.
11 times oversubscription at placement price for Devin: Subscription orders for over BGN 235 mln were submitted with ELANA Trading
The orders for subscription of shares of Devin exceeded 11 times the offered quantity within the IPO on 25th July at the placement price per share of BGN 6.10 (EUR 3.12).
ELANA Agricultural Land Opportunity Fund is the Most Profitable Investment Among REIT on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange bringing over 50% yield to its shareholders in 2007
By the end of June, ELANA Agricultural Land Opportunity Fund’s shares have reached record values, bringing 50.91% capital gains to its shareholders since the beginning of the year.
A minimum of BGN 17 mln is expected out of the DEVIN IPO on 25 July 2007
The orders for subscription for shares in the public offering of up to 3 mln new ordinary dematerialized shares of DEVIN AD and up to 450 000 existing already issued shares owned by the majority shareholder Devin Beteiligungs GmBH with face value of BGN 1 each will be accepted in the course of 1 day on 25th July 2007. The management of the company has decided to offer a placement price range of BGN 5 to BGN 8 per share.
The Financial Supervision Commission approved the prospectus of the IPO of Devin JSC to be managed by ELANA Trading
The prospectus of the initial public offering of up to 3 450 000 new ordinary dematerialized shares from the capital of Devin JSC was approved by the Financial Supervision Commission on 3rd of July 2007. The current capital of the leading company on the bottled water and soft drinks market DEVIN will increase its current capital of BGN 14,891,306 (˜ EUR 7,613,804) to BGN 17,891,306 (˜ EUR 9,147,680) by the issue of 3,000,000 new ordinary dematerialized shares with face value of BGN 1.00 (˜ EUR 0.51) each.