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Eurasia Capital launches Gulf subsidiary

5 May 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Eurasia Capital, the Central Asian investment bank, is launching a subsidiary in the Gulf in a wave of expansion that has …

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Otkritie banker robbed of $100,000 and gold jewels

4 May 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. A senior banker at the Otkritie brokerage has had $100,000, three million rubles and gold jewellery stolen from his …

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Bony Mellon back from the brink of in Russia

4 May 2011 News

By Marcus Williams. The Bank of New York Mellon is back from the brink of extinction in Russia after landing a deal last week …

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Jailed Russian Goldman banker makes bid for freedom

4 May 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Sergey Aleynikov, a former Goldman Sachs programmer convicted last December for stealing part of the US bank’s high-frequency trading code, has …

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Hermitage Capital slapped with tax evasion charge

4 May 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Embattled investment fund Hermitage Capital has come under a fresh attack from Russian authorities after on of its partners Ivan Cherkasov …

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Goldman Sachs COMMENT: May has arrived

3 May 2011 News

By Jim O’Neil, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Now that the Royal Wedding is out of the way, my thoughts turn to the …

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Eurasia Capital expands in Mongolia with three new outposts

3 May 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Eurasia Capital, the Central Asian investment bank, is opening three branches in provincial capitals in Mongolia in addition to its …

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RTS reports 35.6% rise in operating income for 2010

3 May 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Russian stock exchange RTS has reported a 35.6% rise in its operating incomes for 2010, with revenues from spot market trading …

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Citi hires RenCap banker to run Russian operation

3 May 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. US financial services giant Citigroup has hired Dmitry Ankudinov from Moscow-based broker Renaissance Capital as its head of banking for Russia and has …

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Fund Flows: US Fed Helps Boost Emerging Market Investment

29 April 2011 News

By Chris Weafer, Chief Strategist at UralSib Securities. The weekly emerging market funds flow report showed that $1.8bn was invested into the asset class last …

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Renaissance’s Davidenko hired by Fleming Family

29 April 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Former senior Renaissance Capital executive Viacheslav Davidenko has been hired by Fleming Family & Partners for a top post at the British …

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COMMENT: Sell in May or, Stay The Course?

29 April 2011 News

By Chris Weafer, chief strategist at UralSib Securities. As April ends the conversation in financial markets inevitably turns to the question “should …

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RTS-backed Ukraine bourse launches options trading

29 April 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Ukrainian Exchange, a bourse co-owned by Russian stock exchange RTS, launched trading in options contracts this week. Currently futures-style quarterly options …

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Turkish bank buys out Russian lender

29 April 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky. Isbank, one of Turkey ’s biggest lenders, has bought out Moscow-based Sofia Bank in the first takeover of a Russian bank by …

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