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 ABOUT
US…
BERG
is the first Romanian rating agency authorized by National Securities
Commission and was founded in 1997 by 10 enthusiastic investment
advisors, former employees of research departments in leading
brokerage houses.
The
ranking service STAAR (Scala Tendintelor de Apreciere a Actiunilor
Romanesti) was launched in October 1998 for companies listed on
Romanian capital markets.
STAAR
quantifies the non-systematic risk of investing in shares of the
companies listed on Bucharest Stock Exchange and RASDAQ.
STAAR
was awarded "Capital Market Transparency First Prize"
by "Piata Financiara" magazine in 1998 and is successfully
used by commercial and investment banks, investment funds, brokerage
houses and even private investors.
Main activities
BERG
is an investment advisory company regulated by the National Securities
Commission to provide financial information and securities rating
services. BERG is also a partnership of 10 capital market professionals.
Basically we are covering the entire capital market in terms of
financial information but we focus on companies where our clients
have interests.
Our clients
BERG clients are institutional investors who invested more than
USD 300 millions in over 800 Romanian public companies, out of
a total 5000. Among our clients we can mention Broadhurst Investments
Ltd. (New Century Holdings), Romanian Commercial Bank, EBRD, Reuters,
Citibank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Daylong Holdings Ltd., Romanian
Investment Company (Foreign & Colonial), Societe Generale
Securities, Romanian Reconstruction Capital LLC, Omniasig.
BERG's objective is to promote International Standards and OECD
Guidelines for developing capital markets and assist securities
issuers, investors and institutional and private creditors. Our
commitment is to fulfill our clients' objectives and to contribute
to Romania's capital market development, increasing its transparency
and professional standards.
BERG's achievements
In
the past 6 years BERG developed risk management and securities'
traded on the Romanian capital market profitability forecast services.
In
October 1998 the STAAR service (The Appreciation Inclination of
Romanian Shares) was launched, destined to companies with shares
transferable on the Romanian capital market. For companies listed
on the Romanian capital market STAAR forecasts
their potential to surpass, follow or be outranked by the average
performance of companies listed on Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE)
or OTC market Rasdaq.
In
1998 the "Prize for Capital Market Transparency" was
awarded to this product by the financial magazine "Financial
Market" and ever since the service has been successfully
used by commercial and investment banks, investment funds and
financial investment services.
In
September 2001 the Top 100 Romanian Public Companies product was
launched, representing a chart of issuers listed on Bucharest
Stock Exchange and OTC market Rasdaq. The September 2001 capitalization
value is taken into consideration, the total transfer value in
the past 12 months, the net profit ratio and the 2001 increase
in sales versus the previous year. During the annual conference
TOP 100 organized by magazine "Financial Market", the
Top 100 Romanian Public Companies is presented.
In
May 2003, the CR.DM ip bonds risk management service is launched
(Credit Risk Municipality Debts based on public information).
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