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Key Facts
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BSEC Established |
25 June 1992 |
| BSTDB Agreement |
24 January 1997 |
| Inaugural
Meeting |
5-6 February 1998 |
| Start of
Operations |
1 June 1999 |
| First Project Signed |
December 1999 |
| Treasury
Operations |
March 2000 |
| Observer
Status World Bank |
May 2000 |
| The Bank obtains from Moody’s Investors Service initial investment
grade ratings of long term Baa2 and short term rating of P2 |
March 2004 |
| First
syndicated borrowing from international commercial banks |
May 2004 |
| BSTDB grants observer status to KfW Banking
Group ( |
May 2006 |
| BSTDB
credit rating upgraded to Baa1 by Moody's |
October 2006 |
| 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 |
| BSTDB
grants Observer Status to the European Investment Bank, Development
Bank of Austria and the Association of European Development Finance
Institutions |
June
2008 |
| Additional
BSTDB shares worth SDR 1 billion (appx. USD 1,5 billion) fully subscribed
and allocated by existing shareholders |
October
2008 |
| Technical
Cooperation Special Fund established with the Development Bank of Austria |
October
2008 |
| BSTDB
grants Observer Status to the Nordic Investment Bank |
October
2008 |
| First
bond issue |
May
2009 |