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Chamber of Commerce in Russia The American Chamber of Commerce in Russia is the largest and most influential foreign business organization in Russia. Representing over 700 firms, with offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Chamber promotes the business interests of its members and works closely with the U.S. and Russian governments to develop a market environment attractive to investment and long-term business operations. The Chamber plays a pivotal role in the Russian American Business Dialogue, a business-to-business process announced by Presidents Bush and Putin at the Genoa Summit in 2001 to encourage business to identify obstacles to trade and investment in both countries and make recommendations for change to both governments. |
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| MICEX MICEX is the largest exchange in Eastern Europe and the CIS by trading volumes. Founded in 1992 MICEX organizes trading in currency, government and corporate securities, stocks, bonds and derivatives. Trading in all financial instruments is effected through an automated electronic system. On MICEX trade equities and corporate bonds of more than 150 Russian issuers with total market capitalization about 100 bln. dollars. Today, MICEX's share in the combined turnover of leading trading floors in Russian equity market is over 80%. Over 2000 remote work stations, installed in banks and other financial institutions in 50 cities of Russia and abroad, are connected to MICEX through communication lines. About 200 broker systems are connected to MICEX trading system, thus allowing to serve clients via Internet lines. About 80% of deals with securities on MICEX are done through Internet bridge. Trading in government bonds began in May 1993, in futures - in September 1996 using Computershare's ASTS, and trading in equities in March 1997. The version installed is adjusted to the Russian market and laws. The National Depository Centre, which is a non-commercial partnership between MI_EX and the Russian Central Bank, runs depository. The depository system is closely tied to the trading system. Both the trading and settlement systems run on HP-UX.MICEX cooperates with leading Western exchanges, such as the NYSE, the NASDAQ, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE), the French Marche a terme d’instruments financiers (MATIF), the Deutsche Borse, the Vienna Stock Exchange. |
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| National Securities Association Self-regulated organisation "National Securities Association" (SRO NSA) was established by major players of the Russian financial market.. National Securities Association is the licensed self-regulated organisation of the professional securities market participants representing all the principal areas of their business. National Securities Association has about 200 members, professional securities market participants from 23 Russian regions. SRO NSA represents all the aspects of the Russian securities market! |
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| PRP Group – A Weber Shandwick Affiliate Company PRP Group - a Weber Shandwick Affiliate Company is a leading public relations agency in Russia, operating since 1995. An affiliated company of world’s largest PR firm Weber Shandwick Worldwide, we serve the communications needs of more than 30 corporations and non-profit organizations. Our client base features established multi-national giants such as: JTI, Siemens IC Mobile, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Lucent Technologies, Hewlett Packard, Schering AG, Eli Lilly, Nestle and others. We offer our clients full-fledged expertise across communications disciplines. Our Moscow office staff (team) consists of more than 100 professionals with strong back-grounds in journalism, law, government, finance, healthcare, technology and much more. Our expertise spans across PA, Financial, Corporate, Technology, Consumer and Healthcare areas. The agency provides its clients with the high quality of services in accordance with the international standards, which relate to every of our service lines, i.e. PR consulting, media relations, media analysis and monitoring, event management, logistics and etc. Our efforts are aimed at finding the best solutions to ensure our clients’ growth in terms of reputation and business capitalization. |
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| Prime-TASS Business News Agency PRIME-TASS is Russia’s leading business news agency. Privately owned, the agency has no political affiliations, and is known for its objective coverage worldwide. With over 150 permanent staff and scores of stringers across Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the world, we provide quality live coverage of major economic and political news in Russia and 14 former Soviet states. Prime-Tass’ English language service produces over 100 news and analysis pieces daily. The agency is particularly strong in commodity, energy and financial markets coverage. www.prime-tass.com and www.prime-tass.ru. Tel: +7 095 974 7664 |
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| Standard
& Poor's Over 140 years of independent insight for the global financial community. Who we are: A merger in 1941 of Standard Statistics and Poor's Publishing Company traces its roots to 1860 when Henry Varnum Poor published his History of Railroads and Canals of the United States. Mr. Poor was a leader in establishing the financial information industry on the principle of “the investor's right to know.” Today, more than 140 years later, Standard & Poor's is the pre-eminent global provider of independent highly valued investment data, valuation, analysis and opinions and is still delivering on that original mission. What we bring to the marketplace: As the financial markets have grown more complex over the last century, the financial community has increasingly sought out Standard & Poor's rigorous, independent analysis, and information on stocks, bonds, mutual funds and many other complex investment vehicles. The critical thinking, opinions, news and data offered by Standard & Poor's have become an integral part of the global financial infrastructure. Our unique power: creating independent benchmarks
The heart of Standard & Poor's investment skill is its analysts, over 1,250
Our history: creating standards, carving out firsts Standard & Poor's plays a truly unique role in the capital markets. It has been aiding the creation of market transparency since its inception in 1860, when Henry Varnum Poor began supplying financial information at a time when Europe sought to know more about its holdings in the newly developing infrastructure in America. The cardinal tenet of Poor's investment reference publications was “the investor's right to know.”
Standard & Poor's has a long history of creating standards for the financial industry. For example, we were the first to rate:
On the equity side, we led the way with:
Today, Standard & Poor's employs more than 5,000 people working in 18 countries. As always, a beacon for the financial community Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), provides independent financial information, analytical services, and credit ratings to the world’s financial markets. With 5,000 employees located in 19 countries, Standard & Poor’s is an integral part of the global financial infrastructure. For more information, visit www.standardandpoors.com. Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, Business Week and McGraw-Hill Education. The corporation has more than 300 offices in 33 countries. Sales in 2001 were $4.6 billion. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com
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