Finam Holdings is a financial services company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. It is the parent company of Finam Investment Company. In April 2017 it was the third largest brokerage firm in Russia, and ranks second among providers of individual investment accounts in the country. Finam’s subsidiaries operate on all major stock, bond, options and futures exchanges and offer trading on Forex and CFDs. Additionally, Finam runs a number of mutual funds and offers trust management services for assets, pension fund accruals, and reserves. Finam’s subsidiaries include CJSC Finam, the asset management company Finam Management, the investment fund Finam Global, WhoTrades Ltd., Finam Bank, Finam Training Center, and FinamAero ). Finam pursues an active direct investment policy focusing on acquisition of high-tech projects.
History
In 1994, Finans-Analytic Investment Company was founded by Viktor Remsha. By 1996 it became a clearing firm on the Russian Stock exchange and opened its first regional branch in Noyabrsk. By the end of the decade the company had continued to expand its offering by becoming a member of the National Association of Securities Market Participants, the Moscow Exchange, the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange, the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange and the Russian Trading System. In 1999, the company launched its first workshops for investors, which later became the Finam Training Center with over 100,000 yearly students. In 2000 the company began offering online trading services and launched the finam.ru website. In 2002 the Finans-Analytic group became Finam Holdings and began U.S. securities brokerage. In 2004, Finam acquired Megavatt Bank and later renamed it as Finam Bank. In 2006, a full-fledged investment company was launched, which would later assist in the IPOs of a number of high-tech companies including OJSC Diod, OJSC Russian Navigation Technologies, and OJSC Pharmasynthez. By 2010, Finam dominated the Russian equities market. The highest trade volume executed in a single transaction was RUB 120,768.24 million. Finam Holdings expanded internationally by becoming a member of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and in 2011 it opened offices in Bangkok, Beijing, and New York. In 2012, WhoTrades Ltd. was launched as a social network for international traders. It had previously been founded by Victor Remsha in New York in 2010. Finam Global Investment Fund was established as a business incubator to support startups geared towards global expansion. Finam Bank was ranked among the top 40 banks by number of ATMs with a cash-in function. Today, Finam has branch offices in over 90 Russian cities.
Investment in IT Projects
Finam is the leader in Russian IT investment. It has held controlling interests in sites like Mamba, MoneyMail, E-generator, and SMI2. It has had minority stakes in Badoo and Shape Gmbh. The Finam Global direct investment fund manages over 30 companies and has a total portfolio value of $900 million.
