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• VTB pushing dim sum for Russian borrowers

  VTB Capital is encouraging Russian borrowers to consider the dim sum market as a supplementary source of funding because their access to core markets has been restricted since the US imposed sanctions in April. However, the potential scale of the dim sum market is limited.

  • 03 Dec 2018

• Russia fires off €1bn bond amid 'new Cold War' fears

  International uproar over Russia seizing three Ukrainian navy ships last weekend did not stop Russia selling a €1bn 2.875% 2025 bond on Tuesday. But investor fears are growing ever higher over the likelihood of further US sanctions on the country. Russia’s pivot away from dollars seems to indicate the same concerns. Francesca Young, Sam Kerr and Lewis McLellan report.

  • 29 Nov 2018

• Russia EUR1bn 2.875% Dec 25

  • 29 Nov 2018

• Russia’s doing what you told it to

  Bankers love to advise their clients to look at the bigger picture and print now, for fear that that in just a few weeks or months, they could be facing a much tougher time. So the chorus of DCM officials criticising Russia for its timing in selling a €1bn seven year bond this week is more than a little hypocritical.

  • 28 Nov 2018

• International accounts take ‘well over half’ of Russia bond

  Fears that the Russian Federation's €1bn bond issue would only find demand domestically seem to have been assuaged as a source close to the deal said well over half the deal was sold to international investors. That source also denied the deal was in any way designed to bait the West, and said its timing was simply a matter of wanting to get ahead of worsening market conditions.

  • 28 Nov 2018

VTB Capital In The Key League Tables

Asset	Rank	STLY	Amount $m	No of issues	Share %	STLY Share %
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Last updated 11 Dec 2018
Bookrunners of International Emerging Market DCM	21	21	5,647.62	22	1.02%	1.09%
All Swiss Franc Bonds	17	13	200.84	1	0.37%	0.57%
Dollar Denominated SSA (Excl US Agency)	16	20	3,967.74	1	1.11%	0.93%
European Sovereign Bonds	18	17	3,421.17	4	1.99%	1.77%
Bookrunners of European Structured Finance	22	22	1,237.91	2	0.96%	0.85%
Bookrunners of CEEMEA International Bonds	10	8	5,174.87	13	2.97%	3.59%