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Star biling fades for Moscow’s top rainmakers

27 April 2009 Hires & Fires

Nick Jordan, a leading Russia rainmaker, has been squeezed out from Japan’s Nomura bank in a move which could signal the end for Moscow’s superannuated …

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Regulator set to ease pension fund rules

27 April 2009 News

The Federal Service for Financial Markets, Russia’s main  market regulator,  is to relax  rules on what pension funds can invest into and so broaden the …

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Barclays Capital maintains push into Russia

21 April 2009 Hires & Fires

UK investment bank Barclays Capital is steadily growing its Moscow operation and is getting set to hire new teams for equity capital markets and mergers …

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AVIVA trys to crack tough Russian pensions nut

21 April 2009 News

British insurance giant Aviva has signed an agreement to acquire Dutch group ING’s non-state pension fund business and its holding company in Russia. The …

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Emerging Markets: Russian International Reserves Decline

18 April 2009 News

Russia’s international reserves declined for the second straight week as the strengthening dollar caused a currency revaluation. The world’s third-largest stockpile declined $1.1bn in the …

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Blog: Investors shy away from Russia’s bubbling equity market

13 April 2009 News

Investors fishing for emerging markets prefer to cast their line for commodities in Brazil rather than cast into Russia’s waters. The latest data last …

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Korea and Russia share equities podium in March

5 April 2009 News

Korean and Russian equities were the two strongest performers amongst global markets during March. The MSCI Russia Index rose by 20.3% during the month, …

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VTB plots raid on Wall Street

4 April 2009 Deals

VTB Capital, the Russian state-controlled investment bank, is to acquire a brokerage on Wall Street in an effort to gain a foothold stateside. The …

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BRIC banks being built to last

1 April 2009 News

Banks in the BRIC world of emerging markets are in better nick than their counterparts in the US and Europe, according to Allianz Global Investors, …

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Medvedev’s charm offensive thaws frosty foreign relations

30 March 2009 News

A thaw in Anglo-Russian relations could metamorphose into a full-blown spring as rapprochement between the two countries appears to blossom. Snow may still be …

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Emerging Markets: Russian market update

30 March 2009 News

Today the 30-stock Micex Index slid 6.4 percent to 763.36 the close in Moscow, its biggest one-day decline since Feb. 17. The ruble-denominated index is …

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Blog: The Revolution is dead, long live the USSR

27 March 2009 Views

The respective orange, rose and tulip revolutions of Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan have wilted less than six years since they first blossomed. The 2005 …

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Breaking News: VTB snaps up stake in Moscow brokerage

26 March 2009 News

VTB Capital, the nascent investment banking arm of the state bank VTB, is expected to announce its acquisition of a 20% stake in brokerage Otkritie …

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Renaissance Capital wins first mandate from Prokhorov

25 March 2009 Deals

Renaissance Capital has come up with an M&A authorization for major shareholder Mikhail Prokhorov since he holds a 50%-minus one share in the bank. RenCap …

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