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EXCLUSIVE: VTB Capital losing its gloss in Russian IPOs

7 July 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky. VTB Capital, the forefront underwriter of Russian debt and equity, is having a less than stellar year in bringing IPOs …

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VTB Capital secures Hong Kong banking licence

6 July 2011 News

Russia’s VTB Capital has won an investment banking licence from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. The licence, which came into effect from June …

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Sberbank turning attention to foreign targets as it absorbs Troika

5 July 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, is close to completing a deal to buy Austria’s Volksbank International (VBI). Sberbank is going to …

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Top Russian detectives admit Magnitsky killed by lack of treatment

5 July 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Russia’s top criminal investigation agency admitted for the first time yesterday that Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky’s death had been caused …

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COMMENT: Last orders!

5 July 2011 News

By  Vladimir Kuznetsov Equity Analyst at UniCredit Securities. Since late December 2010, when we first pointed out the intention of the Federal …

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Russia’s BCS broker names top analyst, strategist

5 July 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. BrokerCreditService (BCS), a Moscow-based brokerage owned by Siberian banker Oleg Mihasenko, has appointed a new chief analyst and a new top …

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Micex launches two new types of futures

5 July 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky. Micex, Russia’s biggest stock exchange, is launching two new types of interest rate futures today. Both types – one-month and …

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VTB chairman Kostin’s son dies in traffic accident

4 July 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Deutsche Bank has announced that Andrey Kostin, a senior manager at its Russian subsidiary and the son …

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Third Rome parts company with senior partner Kogan

4 July 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Moscow-based wealth manager Third Rome has parted company with Yevgeny Kogan, one of its senior partners. A Third Rome spokeswoman …

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Barings launch emerging markets fund

1 July 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Baring Asset Management, a global investment firm, has launched a fund for long-term investment in emerging markets. The Baring Dynamic …

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WEAFER COMMENT: Fund flows 1H ‘11: Sticking with EM but playing it safer

1 July 2011 Views

By Chris Weafer, Chief Strategist at ING in Moscow. Russian funds attracted more new money than any other emerging market (EM) dedicated country fund …

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Renaissance promotes Gozdanker to global head of equities

30 June 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Russian broker Renaissance Capital has promoted Yonatan Gozdanker to the role of global head of equities from his current job as …

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WEAFER COMMENT: Greeks Bearing Gifts

30 June 2011 News

By Chris Weafer, Chief Strategist at ING in Moscow. Equity markets and commodities continue …

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Micex, RTS seal merger, Aganbegyan to head new bourse

30 June 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky Russia’s two main bourses, Micex and RTS, have signed a merger agreement, with Micex president Ruben Aganbegyan appointed as head of …

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