By comparison, the top three brokers in the first seven months of 2021 (Swiss Capital, BT Capital Partners and TradeVille) held 48.6% of the total market, brokering deals worth RON6.33 billion, in line with ZF calculations.
Swiss Capital brokered deals worth RON5 billion in Jan-July 2022, ranking first since the beginning of 2022 and securing a 28.22% market share. Swiss Capital also placed first in July 2022, with a 41.3% market share, amid brokered deals worth RON780.3 million.
In Jan-July 2022, the brokerage division of BCR placed second, with a 16.61% market share and brokered deals worth almost RON3 billion. In July 2022, BCR ranked third, with brokered deals worth RON192.4 million and a market share of 10.18%.
BT Capital Partners, the brokerage division of lender Banca Transilvania, comes third with a 11.75% market share and brokered deals worth RON2.1 billion. In July 2022, BT CP ranked second, with brokered deals worth RON214 million and a market share of 11.33%.
Other brokers that exceeded the RON1 billion threshold of brokered deals since the beginning of 2022 are as follows: TradeVille (with RON1.75 billion deals and a 9.83% market share), BRK Financial Group (with RON1.3 billion and 7.21%) and Wood & Company Financial Services (with RON1.1 billion and 6.25%).
The ranking also lists Raiffeisen Centrobank (with brokered deals worth RON621.4 million and a 3.49% market share), Goldring (with RON503.3 million and 2.83%), Prime Transaction (with RON427.5 million and 2.4%) and Alpha Bank Romania (with RON395.5 million and 2.22%).
Overall, the top three brokers jointly brokered deals worth RON16.2 billion that secured 90.8% of the brokerage market. A total 23 brokerage firms operate at the Bucharest Stock Exchange, of which nine have a market share below 1%, as per stock market data.