French financial group Societe Generale is BRD’s main shareholder, with a 60.17% stake.

BRD reported net profit of 13 million lei (EUR2.9 million) in the first quarter of 2013, down 84% on the year, and the volume of granted loans rose 2.1%.

Aberdeen Asset Management, registered in Great Britain and listed on the London Stock Exchange, is an international investment management group which has corporate and individual clients and offices in Europe, North America, Latin America and Australia.

According to financial results presented in April, Aberdeen Asset Management had assets of GBP212.3 billion (EUR248 billion) at the end of March, up 13% from the level reported at the end of September 2012.

The fund’s revenues rose 25% to GBP516 million (EUR603 million) in the first half of the 2012-2013 fiscal year, while its earnings before taxes grew by 37% to GBP222.8 million (EUR260.4 million).