OREANDA-NEWS. August 13, 2007. UniCredit announced that Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG closed a deal acquiring Aton’s institutional business via the purchase of 100% of AI Beteiligungs GmbH. SPV, which owned ATON Broker and Aton International Ltd stock. 
The purchase’s technical phase was completed when the parties concerned obtained approval from regulators from Russia, Cyprus, Austria and Italy and made the final settlements.

Commenting on the deal, ATON Broker’s CEO Alexander Kandel said “integration into UniCredit, a major and successful financial institution in Europe, opens up new opportunities and prospects for the company and its clients.  We are examining the experience garnered by our peers at UniCredit and will soon be able to offer new products and services to our clients.”