Aton Capital

Aton Capital

ATON is one of the oldest investment companies in Russia. It was founded in 1991 by Evgeny Yuriev.

December 20, 2006 ATON Capital announced that it sold 100% of its institutional business which includes ZAO Aton Broker and Aton International Ltd (together, the “Aton Institutional Business”) to Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG (“BA-CA”), a member of UniCredit Group, for US$ 424 million in cash and signed a 3-years non-compete agreement.

Upon the expiration of the mentioned agreement in 2009 ATON started to develop institutional brokerage business. Nowadays ATON offers a wide range of investment, brokerage, asset management, corporate finance and merger and acquisition services on both Russian and international markets.

Among others ATON Capital Group has presence in New York, via Aton Securities Inc. which is registered with the SEC; and in Europe, through Aton International Ltd., Cyprus-based entity which is regulated by CySEC (Cyprus Stock and Exchange Commission) and is a member of the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

On September 22nd, 2009 Atonline Limited got license of Cyprus Investment Firm by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission with number CIF 104/09 in accordance with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)

In 2010 Atonline Limited established branch in London

In 2011 ATON Capital Group was rated by Moody’s Investors Service – B2/NP, forecast stable.

In 2012 Aton Securities Inc. obtained FINRA license, which permits provision of investment service to American clients and opens US securities market for Russian clients.