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Russia Deposit Fight Sees Foreign Banks Seeking New Clients
March 19th, 2015
Oksana Semenikhina, a customer of Citigroup Inc.’s Russian unit for the past decade, got an offer from the lender this year that she couldn’t pass up. “They offered to open a ruble term deposit for me at 9 percent ...
Greek PM seeks meeting with top EU leaders as cash crunch deepens
March 17th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has requested a meeting with top European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel at this week’s EU summit, a Greek official said on Tuesday, as his cash-strapped government scrambles to stave off bankruptcy. As ...
Moscow Exchange launches Chinese Renminbi futures
March 17th, 2015
From 17 March the Moscow Exchange has started trading in a futures contract on the currency pair Chinese Renminbi — Russian rouble The launch has been driven by a substantially increasing Renminbi turnover on the Exchange, growing volume of settlement in the currency between Russia and China as well as newly ...
The Central Bank of Russia Press release regarding Key Rate
March 13th, 2015
On 13 March 2015, the Bank of Russia Board of Directors decided to reduce the key rate from 15.00 to 14.00 percent per annum taking into account that the balance of risks is still shifted towards a more significant cooling of the economy. This decision will contribute to the reduction of these ...
Moscow Exchange announces results for the full year 2014
March 12th, 2015
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the year ended 31 December 2014. Higher volumes on the FX, Equities and Money Markets, as well as increased interest income and fees from ...
Botched Law Could Close Hundreds of Foreign Firms’ Rep Offices in Russia
March 11th, 2015
Representative and branch offices of foreign companies working in Russia are in a race against time to re-register with the authorities or lose their license to operate in the country. The re-registration was intended to streamline bureaucracy for foreign firms, but organizational failures and lack of proper warning have left companies scrambling ...
Russia Looks to Squeeze More Tax From Google — Report
March 9th, 2015
Russia is considering a move to raise taxes on international Internet company Google, business daily Vedomosti reported Friday citing unnamed government sources. The issue was discussed at a meeting initiated by former Communications Minister and Kremlin aide Igor Shchyogolyev and attended by officials from the Kremlin and the Communications Ministry ...
Moscow Exchange launches USD/CAD and USD/TRL futures
March 3rd, 2015
Moscow Exchange issued a press release today informing that: From 3 March, Moscow Exchange has started trading in futures contracts on U.S. Dollar-Canadian Dollar and U.S. Dollar-Turkish Lira currency pairs. Metallinvestbank, the official market maker, will provide quotes for ...
International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (part B)
March 2nd, 2015
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place does. It has been accepted that this problem requires both ...
Baker & McKenzie Advises Siemens on Metals Technologies Joint Venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
February 27th, 2015
Baker & McKenzie acted as Russian counsel for Siemens Aktiengesellschaft on the corporate and commercial aspects of its joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI). With this joint venture both partners are forming a globally operating complete provider for plants, ...
