KYIV, July 2, 2008 – Financial newsmagazine Euromoney has named Dragon Capital ‘Best Equity House’ in Ukraine for 2008, the sixth time the Kyiv-based investment bank has received this prestigious accolade.

The 2008 Best Equity House in Ukraine award acknowledges Dragon Capital’s continued leadership in Ukraine in both equity trading and underwriting, with a 30% market share in both areas in 2007, as well as the significant expansion of the company’s asset management business, which currently has AUM  exceeding $1bn.

Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence were presented to winners for Central and Eastern European markets at a ceremony in Vienna yesterday night.

Dragon Capital has won the Euromoney Best Equity House award for Ukraine in all six years that this accolade has been handed out (2002; 2004-08).

 “We are extremely proud of yet another Euromoney award recognizing our eight-year leadership on the Ukrainian equity market. Having established ourselves as the investment bank of choice for foreign investors in Ukraine, we are now actively promoting our services to local clients, aiming to create a strong domestic investor base in addition to an ever growing number of western institutional and private clients who work with us,” Dragon Capital Managing Director Tomáš Fiala said.

The Euromoney Awards for Excellence, now in their 16th year and covering a range of global categories and 110 individual countries, are among the most respected ratings of commercial and investment banks worldwide. Other Ukraine-focused awards this year went to Ukrsibbank in the ‘Best Bank’ in Ukraine category and UBS as ‘Best Debt House’ in Ukraine.

ABOUT DRAGON CAPITAL
Dragon Capital is Ukraine’s largest securities brokerage, investment banking, private equity and asset management firm offering comprehensive services to institutional, corporate and private clients. Established in 2000, Dragon is an independent partnership controlled by management, with a minority stake held by Goldman Sachs, and the largest broker on the Ukrainian stock market, with a 29% market share in 2007. The firm’s 25 IPOs and private placements for Ukrainian companies since 2005 have raised $1.7bn. Dragon’s asset management arm has more than $1bn under management. Financial magazine Euromoney has recognized Dragon Capital as Best Equity House in Ukraine in 2002 and 2004-08.