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East Capital Explorer names Mia Jurke as CEO

6 October 2011 Hires & Fires

Swedish investment company East Capital Explorer has appointed Mia Jurke as its new chief executive. Jurke joins East Capital Explorer to replace …

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Sberbank, VTB seek limits on foreign banks’ access to privatisation deals

6 October 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank and VTB, Russia’s two state-controlled banking giants, have complained to the government that foreign banks are getting most of the …

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Danish bank Saxo opens shop in Moscow as others retrench

6 October 2011 Hires & Fires

By Marcus Williams. Danish investment Saxo Bank is opening a new representative office in Moscow just as existing players are cutting staff …

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Vozrozhdenie bank may be sold to Russia’s richest official

5 October 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky.   Russian bank Vozrozhdenie is planning a sellout to Vladimir Kogan, who, according to his 2010 incomes declaration, is Russia’s wealthiest …

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EXCLUSIVE: Troika close to naming successor to Der Megreditchian

5 October 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Troika Dialog is close to naming a replacement for Jacques Der Megreditchian, who quit as the Russian brokerage’s head …

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Putin-VTB Capital love-in gets underway

5 October 2011 News

The annual VTB Capital ‘Russia Calling’ investor conference is underway in Moscow with “more than 2000 global business and political leaders” in attendance for the …

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BNP Paribas names Moiron country head for Russia

5 October 2011 Hires & Fires

By Marcus Wiliams. French banking giant BNP Paribas has appointed Jean-Yves Moiron its Moscow-based country head for Russia and Belarus. …

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Renaissance hires Credit Suisse’s Berent to run wealth unit

4 October 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Russia’s Renaissance Group has hired Leo Berent from Credit Suisse to lead a team providing services for ultra-high net worth individuals. …

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Who is Russia’s finance minister Anton Siluanov ?

4 October 2011 News

 By Andrei Skvarksy. Anton Siluanov was a low-profile career civil servant before being named last week as Russian interim finance minister to replace Alexei …

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EBRD to invest in Russian housing estates

4 October 2011 Deals

By Andrei Skvarsky.   The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has committed $20m in a project to build affordable housing in Russia. …

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Renaissance parts company with two senior managers

4 October 2011 Hires & Fires

By Andrei Skvarsky. Russia’s Renaissance Group has parted company with Ashar Qureshi, head of its fund management business, and Yury Gruzglin, global head of …

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Britain slaps travel ban on Russia’s Magnitsky officials

3 October 2011 News

By Marcus Williams. Britain has blacklisted at least 60 Russian officials implicated in the 2009 prison death of Hermitage Capital’s lawyer  Sergei Magnitksy. …

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Raiffeisen names replacement for Russia head Pavel Gurin

3 October 2011 Hires & Fires

By Ivan Anderzhanov. Austria’s Raiffeisen has named Sergey Monin as head of its Russian operation to replace Pavel Gurin who passed away …

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RTS launches trade in Micex index futures, options

3 October 2011 News

By Andrei Skvarsky. RTS on Friday launched trade in Micex index futures and options as the first instruments to have been developed jointly by …

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