The international Global Investor/ISF magazine once again ranked UniCredit Bulbank first in Bulgaria in its annual inquiry about custodian banks on the local markets all over the world. UniCredit is at the top of the lists in other 10 out of the 13 CEE markets included in the ranking.

The magazine mentions the transformation of Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia into a public company and its listing on the stock exchange at the beginning of 2011 as one of the significant developments on the Bulgarian market.

The participants in the annual inquiry are clients of the leading custodian banks on each market, and the results are quantitative indicators, determined on the basis of a short questionnaire answered by the clients, in the form of a gross calculated rating (unweighted rating) and a rating adjusted for the amount of assets under custody owned by the participants in the inquiry (weighted rating).

Global Investor/ISF is one of the leading magazines of the Euromoney Institutional Investors PLC group. It is specialized in custody services and fund management, serving as an authoritative forum for the best institutions in the field of securities.

At the beginning of this month UniCredit Bulbank was selected as the best bank in the field of custody services in Bulgaria for 2011 in the ranking of one more specialized international edition, Global Custodian.

The complete results of the survey are available on the website of the magazine Global Investor/ISF against a subscription (http://www.globalinvestormagazine.com)

Country	UniCredit Ranking
Unweighted	Weighted rating
Austria	# 1	#1
Bosnia	#1	#1
Bulgaria	#1	# 1
Croatia	#1	#1
Czech Republic	#1	#1
Hungary	#1	# 1
Poland	#2	# 1
Romania	#2	#2
Russia	#2	#2
Serbia	#1	#1
Slovakia	#1	#1
Slovenia	#1	#1
Ukraine	#1	# 2