Jun 18, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW, June 17 (Reuters) – Billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s Alfa Group will invest $20 billion or more in global oil and gas projects through a new fund it has set up that will be advised by top-ranking former oil bosses, including ex-BP chief executive Lord...
Jun 18, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
(Reuters) – Russia’s top gas producer Gazprom and state development lender Vnesheconombank (VEB) may place a Eurobond in July, two banking sources told Reuters on Monday. The sizes of the possible issues have not been disclosed. One of the sources said...
Jun 14, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow (Reuters) – Russian hypermarket chain Lenta, part-owned by U.S. private equity firm TPG and Russia’s VTB Capital, has selected banks for a possible initial public offering (IPO) next year, two sources familiar with the situation said. The banks...
Jun 14, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, Events, Russia
SPIEF 2013 will provide a unique platform for global leaders to engage with their peers in finding solutions to the most pressing issues affecting the world today: political challenges, the fragility of the global economic recovery, the economic and social fractures...
Jun 13, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
May 31 (Reuters) – PIK Group , one of Russia’s largest home builders, said on Friday it would raise $275 million through a share issue to reduce debt and fund investments. The company, in which Suleiman Kerimov’s investment vehicle Nafta Moskva owns...