Key Facts
| BSEC Established |
June 1992
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| BSTDB Agreement |
January 1997
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| Inaugural Meeting |
February 1998
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| Start of Operations |
June 1999
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| First Project Signed |
December 1999
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| Treasury Operations |
March 2000
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| Observer Status World Bank |
May 2000
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| The Bank obtains from Moody’s Investors Service initial investment grade ratings of long term Baa2 and short term rating of P2 |
March 2004
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| First syndicated borrowing from international commercial banks |
May 2004
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| BSTDB grants observer status to KfW Banking Group (Germany) |
May 2006
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| BSTDB credit rating upgraded to Baa1 by Moody's |
October 2006
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| Shareholders decide to increase the authorised capital of the Bank from SDR 1 billion to SDR 3 billion (approx. USD 4,8 billion) |
December 2007
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| BSTDB grants Observer Status to the European Investment Bank, Development Bank of Austria and the Association of European Development Finance Institutions |
June 2008
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| Additional BSTDB shares worth SDR 1 billion (appx. USD 1,5 billion) fully subscribed and allocated by existing shareholders |
October 2008
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| Technical Cooperation Special Fund established with the Development Bank of Austria |
October 2008
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| BSTDB grants Observer Status to the Nordic Investment Bank |
October 2008
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| First bond issue |
May 2009
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| BSTDB credit rating upgraded to A3 by Moody's |
September 2010
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| BSTDB receives issuer credit ratings from Standard & Poor’s: “A” long term and “A-1” short term; outlook stable |
June 2011
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| BSTDB grants Observer Status to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) |
June 2011
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| BSTDB grants Observer Status to the Vnesheconombank (VEB), Russian Development Bank |
September 2011
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