OREANDA-NEWS. On December 22, 2008 National rating magazine Gvardiya (Guard) has presented results of the project The Guard of Corporations. Assessing Value of Ukrainian Business that covered 150 biggest companies and corporations of Ukraine, reported the press-centre of SCM.

SCM Group leads the rating with consolidated gross income in 2007 exceeding US9.5 billion.

According to Gvardiya, the industrial holdings of SCM Group – Metinvest and DTEK – lead the mining and metals and power ratings respectively.

Results of the main rating and the rating of some specific markets have been published on the corporate website of SCM Group. It also features the comments of SCM's CEO Oleg Popov regarding restructuring of SCM Group's business.

Profile:
SCM is a professional investor that owns and controls assets in mining and metals, power generation, telecommunications, banking, insurance, media as well as in retail and real estate.

SCM Group includes Metinvest Holding, DTEK, Vega Telecom Group, Segodnya Multimedia, TRK Ukraina, ESTA Holding, Ukrainskiy Retail and others.

ZAO SCM is 90% owned by businessman Rinat Akhmetov.
 
Ukrainian national rating program "Gvardiya" (Guard) is developed by the Ukrainian Rating Agency and Galitskiye Kontrakty Publishing House. Gvardiya's projects have been published since May 2004. Rating results are audited by external parties.