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VTB Capital joins forces with Italian InvitaliaThe partnership between the Russian firm and Italy’s national agency for investment promotion comes as a number of Russo-Italian fund initiatives have sprung up recently.
- Insight 2013: A view from Russia
Successful firms will continue to build on their track record next year, says VTB Capital’s Tim Demchenko, provided they look out for the right opportunities.
- VTB partners with Burger King for Russian roll-out
VTB Capital has ambitious plans to open several hundred burger restaurants in Russia, having agreed a joint venture with global brand Burger King.
- VTB seals partial exit via US float
The buyout arm of Russian investment bank VTB has concluded a partial exit of software developer EPAM by floating the business on the NYSE - the first company of CIS-origin to go public in the US since 2004.
- Russia appoints PE heavyweights to $10bn fund board
On the heels of hiring its investment staff, the $10bn Russian government-backed vehicle has named several private equity heavyweights to its board in preparation for its first investment.
- TPG deal highlights Russian opportunity
The largest Russian private equity deal in years could help quell fears of corruption and political risk that have kept investors out of the country for decades.
- Goldman partner to head another Russian institution
VTB Capital has become the second Russian-state backed institution in a week to hire a Goldman Sachs partner, appointing Atanas Bostandjiev as its CEO.
- VTB lures Wermuth’s private equity head
Andreas Boesenberg has left alternatives firm Wermuth Asset Management to join the private equity arm of Russian financial services giant VTB Group.
- The ones to call
Flip through consumer, retail or healthcare pitchbooks and you’ll be sure to find career investment bankers touting 25 or 30 years of experience in their sector. But infrastructure is a relatively new vertical for most banks, and experienced advisors can be hard to come by. When you do your research of who is who in infrastructure M&A work, the following ten names are bound to pop up. We present them here in alphabetical order*
- Why it might pay to keep the faith
In the last couple of years, Russia has made its way on to many LPs' ‘bad lists’. Toby Mitchenall asks if the reputation is justified