By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank has hired Svetlana Fedotova from East-West United Bank (EWUB) in Luxembourg as head of the transport and vehicle manufacturing division of Sberbank CIB, the investment arm of Russia’s biggest lender. Continue Reading
Category Archives: Hires & Fires
Sergey Babayan joins Sberbank CIB as head of corporate client relations
By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, has hired Sergey Babayan, a former senior manager at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, ABN AMRO and other banks, as head of client relations at Sberbank CIB, the Russian firm’s investment arm. Continue Reading
Sberbank CIB hires Olga Altunina from Rosenergoatom as HR chief
By Andrei Skvarsky. Olga Altunina has joined Sberbank CIB, the investment arm of Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, as head of human resources. Continue Reading
Moscow Exchange makes two appointments to top executive body
By Andrei Skvarsky. Moscow Exchange’s supervisory board has promoted two of the bourse’s senior officers – Anna Kuznetsova, head of equity and bond trade, and Igor Marich, head of foreign exchange (FX) and money trade, – to two-year positions on the exchange’s executive board, its top executive body. Continue Reading
Goldman Sachs, Sberbank bankers join Moscow Exchange’s strategy crew
By Andrei Skvarsky. Two senior bankers – one from Goldman Sachs and one from Russia’s largest lender, Sberbank, – have been appointed to Moscow Exchange’s strategic planning body, the Exchange Council. Continue Reading
Sberbank CIB hires Shemetov from Moscow Exchange to oversee global markets
By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank has hired Andrey Shemetov, previously deputy chief executive of Moscow Exchange, as head of global markets at the biggest Russian lender’s investment arm, Sberbank CIB. Continue Reading
Sberbank’s European subsidiary to be led by veteran Austrian banker
By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank has hired Gerhard Randa, an ex-head of Bank Austria, as chief executive of Sberbank Europe AG, a Vienna-headquartered subsidiary of Russia’s biggest lender operating in Austria, Germany and eight Eastern European countries. Continue Reading
Sberbank hires banker from Summa Group to run HNWI unit
By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, has hired Evgenia Tyurikova from Russian private investment company Summa Group to run the unit providing services for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). Continue Reading
Sberbank to replace head of international business
By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, has announced it is going to part company with its head of international operations, Sergey Gorkov, and replace him with Svetlana Sagaidak, who would be discharged as head of corporate business to take up her new role. Continue Reading
Sberbank CIB hires banker from Nordea to head client management dept
By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank CIB, the investment arm of Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank, has announced it has hired Igor Bulantsev from the Russian unit of Nordea, the largest bank in the Nordic region by market value, as vice president and head of client management. Continue Reading
Sberbank CIB appoints chiefs for regional teams
By Andrei Skvarsky. Investment bank Sberbank CIB has appointed chief executives for investment and corporate business teams at three of the 14 regional divisions of its parent company Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender. Continue Reading
RenCap appoints new global head of equities
By Andrei Skvarsky. Renaissance Capital has appointed Ruslan Babaev, its chief business officer, as global head of equities to replace Ben Samuels, who is parting company with the Russian investment bank. Continue Reading
CFO Fetisov gets another 3-year stint on Moscow Exchange exec board
Moscow Exchange has announced that its chief financial officer, Evgeny Fetisov, has been re-elected for a second three-year stint on its executive board. Continue Reading
Russia’s Aton hires former Merrill Lynch, Gazprombank, Alfa Bank analysts
By Andrei Skvarsky. Aton, Russia’s oldest independent investment bank, has made three top hires for its equity research team, recruiting men who previously worked as analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Gazprombank and Alfa Bank. Continue Reading
Kroll risk consultancy promotes execs based in UK, Asia, Russia to managing director
Kroll, a consultancy specialising in risk mitigation, compliance and security, has promoted five executives based in various parts of the globe to the position of managing director. Continue Reading
Promsvyazbank helm to go over from Konstandian to co-owner Dmitry Ananiev
By Andrei Skvarsky. Dmitry Ananiev, one of the principal owners of Promsvyazbank, is going to replace Artem Konstandian as chief executive of what is a major Russian private bank, and may take his new job in three weeks’ time. Continue Reading
RenCap hires senior sales trader from BNP Paribas for Johannesburg team
By Andrei Skvarsky. Renaissance Capital, a Russian investment bank focusing on emerging and frontier markets, has made an addition to its South African team by hiring Jon Oosthuyse from BNP Paribas as director/senior sales trader. Continue Reading
Russia’s RenCap hires James Friel from Rothschild to run global investment banking
By Andrei Skvarsky. Renaissance Capital, a key Russian privately-owned investment bank, has hired James Friel from global financial consultancy Rothschild as global head of investment banking with effect from September. Continue Reading
Sberbank reports management reshuffle for digital services
By Andrei Skvarsky. Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, has discharged Viktor Orlovsky of his duties as senior vice president overseeing the bank’s digital business and appointed him as head of SBT Venture Fund I, a vehicle for investment in startups developing technologies for the financial sector. Continue Reading
RenCap hires Lugo from Sberbank as US head of FICC sales
By Andrei Skvarsky. Renaissance Capital has hired Victor Lugo from Sberbank, Russia’s biggest lender, to oversee fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) sales at RenCap Securities, the US subsidiary of the Moscow-based frontier and emerging markets-focused investment bank. Continue Reading
Mark Mobius quitting as head of Templeton EM Investment Trust
Famous investor Mark Mobius is stepping down as head manager of the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust but will remain at the helm of the Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Group, which manages the trust, according to media reports. Continue Reading
Russia’s RenCap makes top appointments in Nigeria office
By Andrei Skvarsky. Russian investment bank Renaissance Capital has hired Temi Popoola from CSL Stockbrokers, a subsidiary of Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB), as head of Nigerian equities. Continue Reading
RenCap appoints Elena Kolchina as fixed income strategist
By Andrei Skvarsky. Russia’s Renaissance Capital has given the role of a fixed income strategist and credit analyst to Elena Kolchina, re-hiring her after an 18-month stint at Signet Capital Management, a London-headquartered fixed income company. Continue Reading
Duet Group To Launch Emerging European UCITS Fund With Two Former Armajaro Execs
Alternative asset manager Duet Group is launching a new emerging European UCITS fund this month and has recruited two former Armajaro Asset Management executives to run it. Michel Danechi and Kalim Aziz are joining Duet as fund manager and research analyst, respectively, on the Duet Emerging European European Fund. The new vehicle is expected later… Continue Reading
Torbjorn Caesar Takes Helm At EM Fund Actis Capital
Torbjorn Caesar has been elected senior partner at emerging markets investment manager Actis Capital. Caesar assumed his new role effective yesterday, according to media reports. He succeeds Paul Fletcher, who has become non-executive chairman of the company. “I would like to thank Paul for the tremendous leadership he has provided to Actis over the past… Continue Reading
Jupiter Launches Asian Income Strategy With New Hire
Jupiter Asset Management has hired Jason Pidcock to build an Asian income strategy for the investment firm. Pidcock joins Jupiter from Newton Investment Management, where he is manager of the £4.4 billion Newton Asian Income Fund. He will aid Jupiter in the launch and management of a similar strategy. The appointment will help Jupiter expand… Continue Reading
Rokos Capital Hires Former Brevan Partner Borislav Vladimirov
Former Brevan Howard co-founder Chris Rokos has hired Borislav Vladimirov to help build a new hedge fund, Rokos Capital Management. The new fund is expected to become one of the largest European launches since the financial crisis. Vladimirov, a former partner at Brevan Howard, started working with Rokos last month. According to Bloomberg, he will… Continue Reading
Duet appoints Fugmann and Lees as co-CIOs of natural resources long/short equity fund
Duet Group, a USD5.5 billion global alternative asset manager, has appointed Ulrik Fugmann and Edward Lees has senior managing directors and Co-Chief Investment Officers of Duet Natural Resources. Fugmann and Lees, the founders of North Shore Partners, are integrating their strategy and business into Duet, adding to the group’s strong commodities and emerging market franchise.… Continue Reading
MCAM Group appoints James Han as MD for Asia
Prior to joining MCAM, Han was Group Head of Private Placement Services at KTB Investment & Securities, one of South Korea’s largest independent investment banking and brokerage firms. Before that, he was a founding partner at Straight Wharf Capital Management, an Asian equity long/short hedge fund seeded by Julian Robertson’s Tiger Fund Management. Han’s career… Continue Reading