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Finnish investment funds have significantly reduced their investments in Russia
February 2nd, 2015
Bank of Finland issued a statistic saying that: The outlook for the Russian economy was in 2014 clearly reflected in the investments by investment funds registered in Finland. During the year, investment funds’ assets in Russia decreased by nearly ...
Bank of Russia released on key rate
January 30th, 2015
Bank of Russia issued today a notice informing that: On 30 January 2015, the Bank of Russia Board of Directors decided to reduce the key rate from 17.00 to 15.00 percent per annum due to the shift in the ...
What Would Exclusion From Payment System SWIFT Mean For Russia?
January 29th, 2015
Discussions among European leaders about new sanctions on Moscow have again raised fears that the SWIFT international payments system might be cut off, a move that experts warn would wreak financial havoc on Russia. The Society for Worldwide Interbank ...
Russian Ruble Weakens on Threat of New Sanctions
January 28th, 2015
The Russian ruble weakened on Wednesday, with a retreat in oil prices and a threat of new sanctions on Moscow for its role in the Ukraine crisis promising to weigh on the currency in the near future. At 07:38 ...
Bank of Russia: On refusal to issue licence
January 27th, 2015
On refusal to issue licence of professional securities market participant On 26 January 2015, the Bank of Russia took a decision to refuse to issue licence of professional securities market participant to carry out broker, dealer and depositary activity and securities management to the Saint Petersburg-based open joint-stock company ...
S&P Downgrades Russia’s Sovereign Credit Rating to Junk
January 27th, 2015
Ratings agency S&P has cut Russia’s sovereign credit rating to junk status, bringing it below investment grade for the first time in a decade. Warning of difficult times ahead for Russia’s economy, S&P said Monday that it had cut ...
Minimum interest rates at credit auctions to provide Bank of Russia loans in US dollars to credit institutions
January 26th, 2015
The Bank of Russia set the minimum interest rates for 28-day and 365-day credit auctions held on 26 January 2015 to provide US dollar Bank of Russia loans secured by the pledge of claim on US dollar loans at 0.9178% and 1.3719% per annum respectively. Other parameters of the auctions are published in the Bank ...
Russian Ruble Falls After Tensions Flare Over Ukraine
January 26th, 2015
The Russian ruble fell sharply on opening on Monday, following a weekend of violence in eastern Ukraine and threats of further Western sanctions against Russia. At 10:55 the ruble was down 2.4 percent against the dollar at 65.82 and 2.4 percent weaker against the euro at 73.85. President Vladimir Putin blamed “criminal orders” by Ukrainian ...
EXNESS has resumed trading currency pairs with the Swiss franc and the Russian ruble
January 21st, 2015
EXNESS issued a press release saying that: Has resumed trading currency pairs with the Swiss franc and the Russian ruble. However, the following margin requirements apply to newly opened and already existing positions in these instruments: for currency pairs ...
Alpari Limited Russia issued a press release on Alpari Uk and Alpari Japan Insolvency
January 20th, 2015
Further to Alpari UK and Alpari Japan insolvency procedures (Alpari (UK) Ltd is under administration) (Alpari Japan K.K. is under Administartion), Alpari Limited: Stated that Alpari UK is a separate legal entity operating under the Alpari brand and its ...
