Hires & Fires VTB Capital, the Russian investment bank, is carrying on its hiring spree with the appointment of Ivan Tchebeskov from Swiss bank UBS as a director of equity sales. Tchbeskov had been a director for Russian equities at UBS for three years in Moscow and New York. VTB, which last week lured a… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Hires & Fires
Hires & Fires: Kandel quits Unicredit as Aton ramps up/ Blackrock parts company with Monoviski
By Taras Rybak in London Alexander Kandel, chief executive and head of investment banking at Italy’s UniCredit Securities in Moscow, is leaving the group just as it is engaged in a battle with Russian bank Aton for its staff. UniCredit said Kandel was leaving shortly for “personal reasons” to take some time out and would… Continue Reading
Hires n Fires: HSBC names Sekora head of personal services/ Former RIM executive joins Fink fund
British banking giant HSBC has named Johan Sekora as head of personal financial services ahead of its formal launch into retail banking in Russia next Tuesday. Sekora will be responsible for launching, rolling out and managing the bank’s Russian retail operations. Sekora, who will be based in the bank’s Moscow headquarters, has been with HSBC… Continue Reading
Renaissance Capital is axing its annual investment forum / Senior executives are leaving Troika Dialog
Russian investment bank Renaissance Capital is axing its annual investment forum showcase in Moscow following a turbulent nine months when it has been forced to cut 50% of its staff and sell half of the company to billionaire oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov. The three-day forum has in the past attracted thousands of investors and fund managers… Continue Reading
Hires/Fires: Nomura boosts Russian research effort/ VTB Capital carry on hiring
Japanese investment bank Nomura has boosted its Russian research effort with the appointment of Ivan Tchakarov as an economist and Vladimir Zhukov as an equity analyst. Tchakarov, a Russian economist, is to be based in London while Zhukov will cover steel and raw materials from Nomura’s Moscow base. Zhukov had previously worked at Lehman Brothers… Continue Reading
VTB Capital hires equity sales gunslinger Capone/ ING's Wood hits the road
Exclusive: Hires/Fires Russian investment bank VTB Capital has recruited sales gunslinger Michael Capone from Goldman Sachs in Moscow for its own growing equity sales team. The VTB press office declined to comment whether the recruitment of Capone represented an end to its hiring freeze. American Capone, an executive director at Goldman Sachs in Russia, joined… Continue Reading
Troika Dialog taps Nazarov from Credit Suisse for IB
Alexander Nazarov has defected to Troika Dialog from Credit Suisse, where he worked as director of the investment banking. Nazarov will join Troika as managing director in investment banking and will report to Jacques Der Megreditchian, Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking and Global Markets at the Troika Dialog Group. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr.… Continue Reading
Troika Dialog appoints Boris Todorov as Director of Risk Management
In challenging times for global credit markets, Troika Dialog – leading Russian emerging markets investment bank is strengthening its Risk and Capital Management Division. As Troika Dialog’s Director of Risk Management, Boris Todorov will oversee market and credit risk within Troika Dialog’s Broker, Asset Management and Private Equity divisions. Mr. Todorov will report to Richard… Continue Reading
VTB Capital appoints Wiktor Bielski as Global Head of Commodities Research
VTB Capital, Investment Business of VTB Group, strengthens its Research Team by hiring Wiktor Bielski as Global Head of Commodities Research. Wiktor is based in London and reports to Alexander Pukhaev, Head of Commodities, Oil & Gas and Metals & Mining, VTB Capital. Wiktor will be responsible for the development of a market-leading commodity research… Continue Reading
Standard Bank aquires stake in Troika Dialog
STANDARD BANK has appointed Peter Ghavami (former head of capital markets in Russia at Lehman Brothers & prior to that with UBS where he was the global head of commodities to partner Nick Jordan in building its Russian business) to control its investment in Moscow brokerage Troika Dialog. The South African bank acquired a third… Continue Reading
Senior bankers leave Merrill
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH has laid off Dmitri Rozanov one of the most productive dealmakers who led the Russian M&A business while based in London. He was previously with JP Morgan & was ranked number one in Thomson Reuters’ league table for the Russian region last year with 14 deals worth $24bn (€18.8bn). His… Continue Reading
Renaissance Capital appoints new head of Private Equity business
RENAISSANCE CAPITAL has appointed Chris Baxter, the former chairman of investment banking as the chief executive of Renaissance Partners, to lead its private equity business. His appointment is subsequent to the loss of two seniors (Richard Olphert and Rory Cullinan, chairman and deputy chairman) from the division ever since the start of the year. The… Continue Reading