By comparison, the ten firms brokered RON45.9 billion worth of deals in 2023, securing a 94.16% market share. The difference between the two values mentioned above can be explained through Hidroelectrica’s historic IPO of RON9 billion, which was the largest IPO in Europe at that time.
Swiss Capital retained the leading position in 2024, with RON7.5 billion worth of deals, compared with RON9.4 billion reported in 2023, and thus saw its market share growing from 19% to 21%.
Second came BT Capital Partners, the investment banking and brokerage pillar of Banca Transilvania, with a 14.8% market share, higher than 9% in 2023. Deals climbed to RON5.3 billion from RON4.4 billion.
TradeVille, the largest retail broker at the Bucharest Stock Exchange, placed third in 2024, with a 14.6% market share and RON5.2 billion worth of brokered deals, compared with a 6.6% share and RON3.3 billion worth of deals in 2023.
Czech company Wood & Company, the largest brokerage firm in Central and Eastern Europe, ranked 4th in 2024 with intermediated deals growing to RON4.7 billion from RON3.1 billion in 2023, and its market share doubling to 13.2%.
From the first spot in 2024 (with RON20 billion worth of deals and a 40.5% market share), Banca Comerciala Romana dropped to the 5th position, with brokered deals dropping to RON2.9 billion and the market share to 8.3%.
The second half of the 2024 ranking lists the following brokerage firms: BRK Financial Group (RON2.1 billion deals and 6% market share), Raiffeisen Bank International (RON1.5 billion and 4.3% market share), IFB Finwest (RON1.1 billion and 3.1% market share), Goldring (RON1 billion deals and 2.8% market share) and Alpha Bank Romania (RON984 million and 2.8% market share).
In 2024, seven of the top ten companies, namely, BT CP, TradeVille, Wood & Co, Raiffeisen, IFB, Goldring and Alpha Bank, saw increases in the value of deals brokered.