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Troika’s Vardanian quits as head of Skolkovo management school

19 September 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky. Russian brokerage Troika Dialog’s founder and chief executive, Ruben Vardanian, has stepped down as president of the Kremlin-overseen Skolkovo Moscow School …

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Russian sovereign fund for private equity support makes top hires

16 September 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), a sovereign fund for the promotion of foreign investment in Russia’s private equity sector, has …

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BREAKING NEWS: Kremlin gets rid of “business-friendly” Prokhorov

15 September 2011 News

Eugene Kasevin, EM in Moscow Recent sabotage in Mikhail Prokhorov’s Right Cause party has taken a hard turn today when Russia’s biggest taxpayer was forced …

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Fleming goes on hiring spree for Moscow arm

15 September 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. British investment firm Fleming Family & Partners recently made hires from Raiffeisenbank, Aton Capital and other firms for top managerial roles …

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WEAFER COMMENT: Moscow, twinned with Cushing

15 September 2011 News

By Chris Weafer, Chief Strategist at Troika Dialog. On the face of it, there is little in common between the Russian capital, population 11.5 …

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Putin-linked lender to buy out Bank St Petersburg

15 September 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky. Bank St Petersburg, one of Russia’s biggest regional lenders, is planning to sell out to the Rossiya bank as state-controlled entities …

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RenCap hires Nomura’s Shambayati to co-lead global markets

14 September 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Moscow-based Renaissance Capital has hired Soroosh Shambayati as managing director and global co-head of markets from Japan’s Nomura. Shambayati will have …

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Troika names Aton’s Fedorova for business support role

14 September 2011 Hires & Fires

Troika Dialog, the brokerage being acquired by state-controlled Sberbank, has appointed Irina Fedorova as director of business support. Fedorova, who last worked at Aton …

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China to launch investment fund for Russia

14 September 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky.   China plans to launch a fund to help Chinese small and medium-sized firms to invest in Russia.   …

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Brits clinch deal with Russian sovereign fund to boost private equity

13 September 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky. Britain and Russia have signed an agreement to boost investment opportunities in Russia for UK-based private equity investors as recent major …

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The Brits are fast fading in Russia as PM Cameron arrives

13 September 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. British banks HSBC and Barclays, along with oil major BP, are fading from Russia just as UK Prime Minister David Cameron …

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Sberbank parts company with head of treasury and financial markets dept

12 September 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank has parted company with Andrei Golikov as one of its vice presidents and head of its department for treasury operations …

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Ex-MICEX boss Rybnikov put at helm of St Petersburg commodity exchange

12 September 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Ex-head of MICEX Alexei Rybnikov has been appointed as president of the St Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX), a commodity trading …

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VTB Capital hires Ilya Veller from UniCredit for equity sales role

12 September 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. VTB Capital has confirmed to EmergingMarkets.me that it has hired Ilya Veller from UniCredit Securities as senior manager for equity sales …

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