“We’ve signed the deal with KBC Securities today,” Juravle told MEDIAFAX Wednesday.
Juravle didn’t give any details on the deal’s value, but said he and Apostol bought stakes of 47.5% each in KBC Securities Romania.
“Even if KBC has left the company’s shareholder structure, we plan to maintain our leadership on the Romanian brokerage segment,” he added.
In a separate deal Wednesday, Belgium’s KBC Securities sold its Serbian unit to the latter’s executive staff.
The Belgian company will continue its activity on the Bucharest Stock Exchange as remote broker.
KBC Securities Romania is top broker on the Bucharest bourse, with overall deals worth 1.24 billion lei (roughly EUR0.3 million) in 2010.
In January to July this year, the firm brokered deals worth RON3.42 billion.