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April 2009

Alexander Nazarov has defected to Troika Dialog from Credit Suisse, where he worked as director of the investment banking. Nazarov will join Troika as …

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Renaissance Capital has won a duel with Credit Suisse over London-listed Sibir Energy after a lightning strike by the Russia bank trumped a book-build offer …

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Nick Jordan, a leading Russia rainmaker, has been squeezed out from Japan’s Nomura bank in a move which could signal the end for Moscow’s superannuated …

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The Federal Service for Financial Markets, Russia’s main  market regulator,  is to relax  rules on what pension funds can invest into and so broaden the …

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UK investment bank Barclays Capital is steadily growing its Moscow operation and is getting set to hire new teams for equity capital markets and mergers …

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British insurance giant Aviva has signed an agreement to acquire Dutch group ING’s non-state pension fund business and its holding company in Russia. The …

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Russia’s international reserves declined for the second straight week as the strengthening dollar caused a currency revaluation. The world’s third-largest stockpile declined $1.1bn in the …

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Investors fishing for emerging markets prefer to cast their line for commodities in Brazil rather than cast into Russia’s waters. The latest data last …

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Korean and Russian equities were the two strongest performers amongst global markets during March. The MSCI Russia Index rose by 20.3% during the month, …

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VTB Capital, the Russian state-controlled investment bank, is to acquire a brokerage on Wall Street in an effort to gain a foothold stateside. The …

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Banks in the BRIC world of emerging markets are in better nick than their counterparts in the US and Europe, according to Allianz Global Investors, …

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