UniCredit Bulbank topped the annual survey of Global Custodian international magazine. The journal awarded its traditional annual prizes at a special ceremony in London last week. UniCredit Bulbank has been the leader in the ranking for several years in a row.

"Competition on the custodian services market in Bulgaria is very intense. We and several other banks are already among the Top-Rated banks – i.e. we have higher than the average for the world grades. Therefore it is all the more great pleasure for me to congratulate the team of Custodian Services Unit with UniCredit Bulbank that managed to win the best grades in the survey. Above all I extend my gratitude to our clients for their recognition ", Head of Markets and Sales Division Spass Viderkinski said. The ranking is available at Global Custodian.

The Global Custodian’s survey has been carried out for twenty years in a row. It is based on more than 4430 authentic answers of clients from 64 markets. Every client replies to 63 questions in 11 sections grades being given in categories like Customer Relations, Corporate Events, Technologies, Statements, etc. between 1 (inadmissible) and 7 (excellent). The total sum of all sections determines the best bank on the respective market.

"Stable quality of the service, as usual", "In-depth knowledge of the market characterized by a lot of manual processing and documents ", "Good team of young and ambitious specialists", are some of the customer comments. UCB’s Custodian Services Unit is headed by Mihail Slavov who was recently elected representative of the Association of Banks in Bulgaria in the Management Committee with the Guarantee Fund of the stock exchange.

Global Custodian is a leading international magazine in the field of international business in servicing trade in securities. Its readership comprises mainly professional investors from the capital markets worldwide.

Contacts:

UniCredit Bulbank, Public relations and corporate communications

Viktoria Blazheva, tel: 0894/570 159, wjlj/ebwjepwbAvojdsfejuhspvq/ch

Ekaterina Ancheva: tel: 0894/518 193, Flbufsjob/bodifwbAvojdsfejuhspvq/ch

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