Capital Investment
@BDPST
In 2021 BDPST Group purchased 57 per cent ownership in Gránit Bank, as a result of which the group, being a financial investor with a long-term commitment, has become the main owner of the fastest-growing bank of the Hungarian banking sector with a digital business model. At present, BDPST Group has 43 percentage of equity. With its innovative electronic banking and financial services, the financial institution offers simple, comfortable and cost-efficient solutions to its retail clients. Besides, the 100-percent-Hungarian-owned Gránit Bank complies with the principles and practices of economic, social as well as environmental sustainability. The extremely effective financial institution is characterised by low environmental impact, minimised pollutant emissions and digital, paperless solutions, hereby saving thousands of trees every year.
In 2022, BDPST Capital Zrt. signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Tarragona Holding Zrt. that owns Diófa Asset Management. Established in 2009, Diófa Asset Management has significant professional experience with the management of real estate as well as securities investments. The total value of the investment portfolio managed by the bank-independent asset management company exceeds HUF 460 billion. The company manages assets worth more than HUF 360 billion in investment funds, furthermore, it provides asset management services to private pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors. Besides, the company is also in charge of providing premium asset management service. The company manages the third largest real estate fund and one of the most successful institutional real estate funds in Hungary. Its real estate portfolio includes a number of exclusive, Class A office buildings.
BDPST Equity Zrt., which belongs to BDPST Group, concluded a sale and purchase agreement in 2022 to acquire MHB Optimum Zrt. having 21 percent ownership of Waberer’s International. Waberer’s Group has more than 75 years of experience on the European logistics and freight forwarding market. The shares of Waberer’s International Nyrt., which is the parent company of the group, are traded in the Premium category of the Budapest Stock Exchange. At the end of 2019, the logistics company announced a strategic and structural change, with the focus on complex services with high added value. The company has a dedicated green division focusing on the greening of the whole service portfolio and the coordination of the carbon neutrality efforts. Member of the group is Wáberer Hungária Insurance Company, which is a key actor on the Hungarian insurance market. With the background provided by BDPST Group, Waberer’s can take its business model, which is based on services with high added value and built on the most advanced logistics technologies, to a whole new level.