Russia
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Frontier markets specialists Exotix Capital has made four new appointments to its EM sales business, expanding its coverage in four different geographies.
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The news that Russia intends to plough ahead with its plans for funding in the international capital markets was greeted with some initial disbelief. At first glance, the international environment does not look good for a Russia return. But look again, and there is little reason to believe that demand for a Russian sovereign new issue would be anything but enthusiastic.
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The Russian Ministry of Finance has released its borrowing plans for the next three years, starting with a plan to borrow Rb1.48tr ($24bn) in 2019. Though the plan, which includes continuing to raise money internationally, is being seen as brazen, bankers in London said that there will be appetite.
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Despite worries that Russian investors are pulling away from London as the UK looks to pressure allies of the country's president Vladimir Putin, Tom Tugendhat, the chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, this week told GlobalCapital that preserving the rule of law in the UK and making sure markets are “clean and honest” is more important than attracting Russian capital to London.
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Increased hostility towards Russia from the UK political establishment is severing the financial links between the two countries. The arguments between Russia and the West are freezing the former’s equity capital markets, which depend on UK and US investors, and is, according to some sources, driving Russians to repatriate capital. In the long-run, it could even be detrimental to the UK’s capital markets industry, write Sam Kerr and Francesca Young.
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The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is planning new rules from the start of July that will ramp up the risk weighting on foreign currency loans, which is expected to lead to a tumble in non-ruble lending in the country at a time when international banks are steering clear. Mike Turner reports.
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EN+, the London-listed aluminium and hydrogroup which was torpedoed by US sanctions in April, could soon be free as its majority shareholder Oleg Deripaska prepares to sell down his 66% stake in the group to below 50%.
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The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is planning new rules from the start of July that will ramp up the risk weighting on foreign currency loans, which analysts expect to lead to restraint in non-ruble lending in the country at a time when international banks are steering clear.
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The UK's foreign affairs committee report, released on Monday, holds the US Treasury’s sanctions strategy in high regard, because of the immediate impact on financial markets. But it misunderstands the reason for the US-driven sell-off, and so its recommendations are faulty as well.
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The UK Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday recommended “closing the loophole” that allows Russia to continue to support its sanctioned banks and companies, by prohibiting persons in the EU from buying Russian debt where the bookrunner is a sanctioned entity.
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Russian oil company Gazprom has signed a €600m five year loan facility from Crédit Agricole, bringing its international borrowing tally above €1.3bn since it regained its investment grade status earlier this year.
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Euroclear’s refusal to continue settling Rusal trades when US sanctions were slapped on the company on April 6 may have saved many US bond investors from crystallising crippling losses. If the US plans further rounds of similar punishments, it should turn that happy accident into a permanent feature of the sanctions process.