Polish Ipopema Securities gets ready to enter Romanian market, founder attends Bucharest event

Polish stock brokerage firm Ipopema Securities, the second largest broker on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, could announce its market entry in Romania soon, according to Romania daily Ziarul Financiar. The firm's president and founder Jacek Lewan­dowski (in picture) attended a local gala organized by the Bucharest Stock Exchange in Bucharest in Monday evening (February 3). The company is already working with clients which are active on the Romanian market. With an 8.88 percent share, Ipopema Securities was ranked second in terms of share trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2013. The group manages 95 investment funds with assets of around EUR 4.3 billion, which makes it one of the largest fund managers in Poland. Its equity analyst Piotr Zielonka was ranked the best equity analyst in Poland for 2013. Among the firm's recent projects was working as global coordinator, sole book runner and offering agent in the capital increase of real estate developer GTC, which is also active in Romania. Among its clients are companies such as Alior Bank, Polnord, and Plaza Centers. The latter is also active in Romania. The company is also active on the Budapest Stock Exchange. Jacek Lewan­dowski founded Ipopema in 2003, and has been the president of the board since 2005.His full bio is here. In Romania, the largest broker on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on the retail segment is Broker Cluj. Corina Chirileasa, corina@romania-insider.com