Emerging Markets, Emerging Russia, Emerging Views
By Jason Corcoran
Pharos Financial Advisors today launched a $350m private equity fund focused on acquiring and operating land in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Africa.
Pharos, a Russian-based investment firm which expanded to Dubai last year, is expecting to raise more than half of the fund from investors in the Middle East.
The Pharos Miro Agricultural fund, [...]
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By Ivan Anderzhanov in Moscow
Investment bank Renaissance Capital has notched up its 14th deal in Africa this year after advising the Central African Mining and Exploration Co. (CAMEC) following its acquisition by ENRC, an LSE-listed Kazakh mining group.
The $955m deal in the mining sector is the largest public transaction on which Renaissance has advised [...]
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By Jason Corcoran in Moscow
Russia’s Renaissance Capital has been appointed as lead manager and bookrunner for a 20bn rouble bond ($612m) by conglomerate Sistema which caps a string of deals worth over $2bn during the past month.
The Sistema rouble bond is the biggest of the year and beats the recent 15 billion ruble ($485m) issue [...]
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By Ivan Anderzhanov in Moscow
Renaissance Capital had promoted Victoria Chervatyuk to run its events team in Moscow following the departure of it head marketing and strategic development Richard Wallace to do a MBA in London.
Wallace, who left Moscow recently, is part of a large exodus by expats from Renaissance over the past year since the [...]
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