Past

Established in 1995, BCS provided Russian retail and institutional clients with a rapidly growing list of services. BCS was one of the first financial institutions to deal with privatization vouchers, promissory notes, as well as to offer financial services to companies, which sought to go public and arrange private placements. Soon, thanks to a slew of favorable factors (the early RTS membership, the ability to survive the August 1998 meltdown, the advent of electronic trading, successful Beta testing of the QUIK electronic trading system, etc), BCS was at the forefront of the burgeoning Russian equity market.

Present

BCS combines E-Trading, Classic Brokerage, Asset Management, Research, and Capital Markets and places particular emphasis on improving its clients' long-term investment performance, rather than being lured away by short-term speculative stock picking. BCS Financial Group is a Russia-based organization. It operates offices in all strategically important locations throughout the Russian Federation and manages a fully licensed broker in Limassol, Cyprus, which became a member of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in 2005.

BCS boasts a countrywide presence and operates the largest national network, which comprises 24 fully-fledged regional branches and 31 agency outlets, servicing more than 45,000 institutional and individual clients throughout Russia, from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. This "on-the-ground" presence provides our traders and global clients with unparalleled insight into the local market specifics and order-flows.

Our AA+ rating assigned by the National Association of Securities Market Participants (NAUFOR) reflects the company's strong business position, financial health, and high operating performance.

Since 2000, BCS has been a leader in e-trading solutions and Russia's number-one DMA equity and derivatives broker. In 2005, BCS executed trades worth more than USD 110 billion on MICEX, RTS, and other Russian stock exchanges.

Future

BCS' current task is to expand the product line and widen the range of financial services. The company intends to flex its muscles in insurance business, pension funds, and banking, as well as to roll out Russia-focused investment funds and to build strong, lasting relationships with other financial institutions and funds. BCS is seeking membership in several overseas stock exchanges. Using its outstanding on-line trading experience with Russian securities as a springboard, BCS is looking forward to strengthening its global presence by offering its international partners direct access to local markets. Direct access (i.e. direct connectivity options) is secured by latest trading technologies, widely used in Europe and the U.S.

Moreover, BCS is planning to go public and to have its business reorganized, which is in line with the company's development strategy, aimed at attracting foreign strategic investors interested in getting exposure to the Russian market of financial services and starting a brokerage in Russia.