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US senators seek visa bans for two senior Magnitsky officials

11 November 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Two senators have urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to consider banning entry into the US for two senior Russian police …

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EXCLUSIVE: Otkritie hires Hyerdale’s D’Angelo to run American sales

11 November 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky.   Otkritie has hired Patrick D’Angelo from U.S. hedge fund Hyerdale Capital as director of equity sales and trading at …

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WEAFER COMMENT: Italian Bail Bonds

10 November 2011 News

By Chris Weafer, Chief Strategist at Troika Dialog. Step down at opening. Equities and the ruble will open weaker this morning after US equities …

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Troika hires Standard Bank’s Leith as heir apparent

10 November 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky.   Troika Dialog has hired Rob Leith from South Africa’s Standard Bank, which  used to own a big slice of the …

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EBRD, World Bank try to cut emissions from gas flaring in Russia

9 November 2011 News

By Marcus Williams. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is joining forces with the World Bank  to help governments in …

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Micex halts trading again for mysterious reason

8 November 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. Trading on the Micex screeched to a halt today for a third time in about three months for mysterious …

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Former UBS, VTB bankers hired by Usmanov’s Metalloinvest

8 November 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Former top bankers at Switzerland’s UBS and Russia’s VTB have been hired as directors by Alisher Usmanov’s Metalloinvest group, one of the …

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Troika Dialog continues to bulk up with RenCap hire

7 November 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Troika Dialog has tapped  Alexander Krapivko from Renaissance Capital as asset allocation advisor for its private clients department as the brokerage …

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INTERVIEW: Raiffeisen staying the course in Russia

7 November 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Raiffeisen has no plans to follow its European counterparts by retreating from or retrenching in Russia, the Austrian lender’s top spokesman, …

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WEAFER COMMENT: Big Boost for EM and for Russia

4 November 2011 News

By Chris Weafer, Chief Strategist at Troika Dialog.  The weekly equity funds flow report from EPFR Global showed a big jump in new investment …

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BG Capital shutters its Ukraine office 

3 November 2011 News

By Ivan Anderzhnov BG Capital, the investment banking arm of Bank of Georgia, is closing down its Ukrainian office …

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British man to do jail time over Kazakhstan’s BTA fraud

3 November 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. A British man accused of helping mastermind a fraud at beleaguered Kazazakh bank BTA bas been sentenced to 21 months in …

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Russia’s Arbat Capital hires ex-Aton trader for hedge fund project

3 November 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Arbat Capital, a Russian investment management firm, has hired Igor Azarov, a former trader at Aton, for a position that includes …

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EXCLUSIVE: Troika Dialog parts company with senior trader Gareth Johnson

3 November 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky.   Russian brokerage Troika Dialog has parted company with senior equity trader Gareth Johnson, who said he had resigned to …

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