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  • Russian hypermarket chain Lenta launched a $1bn IPO on Monday, with bankers hoping that the firm's appeal as a defensive investment will help it avoid being dragged down by ongoing emerging market deterioration.
  • Sberbank Europe has hired Tamas Haiman as head of global markets. Haiman will start on February 3, based in Vienna reporting to Igor Strehl, member of the management board, Sberbank Europe, and Alexey Zaytsev, head of regional and international global markets management, global markets department at Sberbank CIB.
  • VTB Capital Investment Management has launched a $40m Russia & CIS debt fund in UCITS IV format. Domiciled in Luxembourg, an additional $20 million of soft commitments have already been pledged.
  • Czech energy utility EP Energy attracted more than €1.5bn of orders on Friday for the first bond issued by its holding company, thanks to strong demand from traditional European high yield buyers.
  • Russian container terminal operator Global Ports Group has signed a $238m seven year club loan, some of which has been earmarked for mergers and acquisitions.
  • Bankers this week were betting that the chaos that ripped through the emerging markets will settle over the next month, as they pushed ahead with IPOs for Russian hypermarket chain Lenta with another set to follow, writes Andrew Griffin.