| ATON | |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | 1991 |
| Location: | Moscow, Russia |
| Industry: | Finance |
| Products: | Brokerage, Investment services, Asset Management, Institutional Brokerage |
ATON LLC is one of the oldest investment companies in Russia. It was founded in 1991, sold to UniCredit group in 2007 and recreated in 2009.[1] ATON operates in 30 Russian cities.[2] ATON’s headquarter is in Moscow.
On December 20, 2006, ATON Capital Group 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. ATON offers investment, brokerage, asset management, corporate finance and merger and acquisition services on both Russian and international markets.
In 2013, ATON took part in IPO of the Moscow Stock Exchange as a co-manager and as well as in the SPO of QIWI – the first SPO of foreign equities on MICEX.[3]
In 2014, ATON was named Investment Company of the Year by Financial Elite of Russia Awards.[4] The same year, ATON was Russia’s only independent investment group in Thomson Extel Russia Top 10 ranking.[5] ATON confirmed its leading positions in Extel 2015 ranking.[6]
In 2015, ATON was named "Company of the Year"[7] and "Best broker for private clients".[8] The same year, ATON acted as a co-lead manager of CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW IPO, which raised RUB 13.2 billion.[9]
In 2016, ATON was ranked No. 1 for the amount of IPO/SPO at the Moscow Exchange,[10] and introduced ATON SPACE – the first platform for HNWI investors.[11]
In 2017, ATON was named Investment Company of the Year by NAUFOR,[12] and was named No. 1 in "Best asset managers for millionaires" ranking by Forbes.[13]
From 2018 to 2020, ATON offered its clients to participate in a number of unique Private Equity projects.[2] In 2019, ATON launched fund "Aton Alternative Strategies", which allows private investors to invest in hedge funds. Also in 2019, ATON launched ATON Trading platform that provides direct access trading for a broad range of financial products on the global markets.[2] In 2020, ATON became a partner of Bank Saint Petersburg's Private Banking division. Also in 2020, ATON became the largest market maker of exchange-traded funds in the Russian market.[2]
In 2022, Moody's downgraded the credit rating of ATON to Ca.[14]
In 2022, Fitch Ratings assigned a credit rating B "Negative" to ATON.[15]