Russian Power: Finance and Investment

Conference Sponsors
American Appraisal ERC014

American Appraisal is the largest international independent valuation company. Today American Appraisal Associates operate more than 50 offices in 45 countries of the world. AAR provides valuation opinion and advisory services to the clients in various industries including Power and Utilities Sectors.
Among our clients are major Russian Power Companies


Aton ERC014

ATON  as Russia’s oldest independent investment group, ATON has provided superior service to its clients since 1991, always striving to meet each client’s specific needs. ATON offers institutional, corporate, and private clients, both in Russia and abroad, a wide range of products and services to facilitate their particular investment focus. LLC ATON is proud to hold an AAA rating from the National Rating Agency and B2\NP from Moody’s Investors Service.


Herbert Smith ERC014

Herbert Smith is a leading international law firm with a network of offices in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. We have a world-renowned leading energy practice, proven by top-tier rankings in Legal 500. With a dedicated energy team of over 79 partners, who are further supported by over 100 other lawyers worldwide, the team spans corporate, finance, dispute resolution and specialist areas (such as competition, construction, environmental, tax, planning and employment) enabling us to provide a full range of services to our clients around the world.


Svyaz Bank MRC016

JSC Sviaz-Bank was established in 1991. Its largest shareholder is the State Corporation «Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)». Today Sviaz-Bank is a universal credit & finance institution, operating in 52 regions of the Russian Federation.
The bank is one of the 30 largest in Russia. Its regional network includes 51 branches in eight federal districts, 12 offices in Moscow and about 140 in the regions.
Sviaz-Bank’s main activities focus on providing banking services to individuals and organizations, crediting of corporate and private clients, small and mid-sized businesses, investment operations and international business.
The bank has been an organiser on the bond market since 2004, and presently provides the full spectrum of services at the stages of preparation, placement and derivative circulation of bond issues. Sviaz-Bank has participated in the organisation and placement of issues of some of the largest Russian metallurgy companies, including Mechel, MMK, KOKS and RMK-FINANS.
Sviaz-Bank has extensive experience of organising issues for issuers of various credit qualities and sectoral affiliations. Its projects are managed by the bank’s highly professional team, which is equipped with the technologies for preparing all types of bonded loans.
In the first nine months of this year, Sviaz-Bank participated in the organisation and placement of issues of bonded loans with a total nominal volume of 105.2 billion roubles, taking fourth place in both the general underwriters’ ratings and underwriters’ corporate ratings, fifth place in the ratings for organisers of corporate bonded loans, and sixth place in the general ratings for organisers of bonded loans and market issues.


Otkrytie ERC014

Otkritie Capital is a subsidiary of the Otkritie Financial Corporation, with a strong focus on investment banking.
Otkritie Capital consists of the following entities: Otkritie Trading LLC, Otkritie Bank Open Joint Stock Company, Otkritie Brokerage House Open Joint Stock Company, Otkritie Securities Limited, Otkritie Finance (Cyprus) Limited, and Otkritie Inc., USA.
At present, Otkritie Capital offers to private investors, as well as to institutional and corporate clients, a full range of investment and banking services on both global and Russian markets. This includes DMA trading, services related to M&A deals, equity and debt financing, and services connected to structured products and derivatives.
For the past three years, Otkritie Capital has held leadership positions on European markets in the various business lines that it pursues. Otkritie Capital’s unique competitive edge is a function of its in-depth local expertise and its insistence upon employing international standards and globally recognized best practices in all of the services that it provides. It is thus no surprise that Otkritie now ranks among the Top-20 brokers on the London Stock Exchange, with a 2% market share.


Technopromexport ERC014

Technopromexport is an engineering company in the field of construction of power projects in Russia and overseas markets.
The core activity of Technopromexport is construction and rehabilitation of power projects on a turn-key basis - construction of hydro- and thermal power plants used different fuel types from conventional coal and gas to geothermal power of Earth and also electrical networks and substations.
The Company offers a full range of services for creation of power facilities – from design and survey to operation of constructed projects.

15 Noviy Arbat, bld. 2, Moscow, 119019, Russia
Phone: + 7495 950 15 23
Fax: + 7 495 690 66 88
e-mail: inform@tpe.ru
Web-site: www.tpe.ru


FinExpertiza

Audit and consulting group FinExpertiza (CPA Associates International) is a group of companies providing a wide range of services on audit, legal, tax, financial and investment consulting, accounting, taxation, strategic planning and marketing research, IFRS application.
Following the results of the year of 2010, according to the rating agency “Expert RA” FinExpertiza ranks № 5 among the largest audit and consulting groups in Russia.
In 2010 FinExpertiza has been granted with National Award for Audit, Appraisal, Expertise and Consulting in the nomination Best Audit Firm – 2010.
In 2009 FinExpertiza is among three leaders in the transparency and publicity rating of audit firms in accordance with the study of information transparency of audit firms that operate in Russia.


PwC ERC014

PwC Russia (www.pwc.ru) provides industry-focused assurance, tax, legal and advisory services. Over 2,000 professionals working in PwC offices in Moscow, St Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Vladikavkaz share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice for our clients.


A.T. Kearney

Real passion, right results. Together.
Founded in Chicago in 1926, A.T. Kearney has developed into one of the leading global management consulting firms. It expanded to Europe in 1964 and now operates in 35 countries across the world.
A.T. Kearney has a wide range of topic and industry competencies and serves both international corporations and government organizations. A.T. Kearney has been present in Russia for 15 years and has successfully completed consulting projects in many areas, including strategic growth, supply chain management, operating activity optimization, cost-saving programs and sourcing.
To ensure excellent performance and results, A.T. Kearney consultants combine their superior knowledge of local markets with international best practices.


SGS Vostok

Limited is the Russian subsidiary of SGS S.A. and member of SGS Group, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. Founded in 1878, SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 67’000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1’250 offices and laboratories around the world with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Operating in Russia since January 1981, today we employ a staff of 2,700 people at our Moscow headquarters and the various SGS Vostok Russian branch offices and laboratories. Regulatory compliance services from SGS help investors to obtain the permissions they need for implementing industrial investment projects in Russia.

www.ru.sgs.com

 


Open Link

Founded in 1992, OpenLink is a provider of cross-asset trading, risk management, related operations processing and portfolio management software solutions for the commodity, energy and financial services markets globally.
OpenLink’s client base of more than 350+ customers worldwide includes 12 of the top 25 largest commodity and energy companies by market capitalization, eight of the largest financial institutions and 11 of the largest central banks, as well as major hedge funds, commodities companies and public utilities.

www.olf.com


IRM

IRM's system solutions are specifically tailored to the requirements of deregulated markets and support the operative business as well as strategic planning.
From structured procurement management (forecast, energy disposition, from simple registration and handling of an increasing number of procurement flows including schedule and balancing group management) to energy trading with portfolio/risk management (including complex risk and optimization functionalities) in the multi-commodity environment as well as in investment analysis and planning.
IRM is a leading software provider for system solutions in the energy sector (electricity, gas, district heating, certificates, oil and coal) and part of the OpenLink Group. The company, founded 1998 in Vienna, has more than 130 employees and more than 60 references in numerous countries.

·         www.irm.at

 

Information Partners
RIA Novosti

RIA Novosti is a leading Russian news media organization, with a history spanning 70 years. Today the group incorporates the eponymous multimedia international news agency, a Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI), a business news agency (PRIME), a sports news agency (R-Sport), a rating agency, a publishing house (Moskovskiye Novosti, or Moscow News) and a wide network of media centers in Russia and abroad, as well as over 40 websites in 14 languages, with an overall audience of over 17 million unique visitors per month.

4 Zubovsky Boulevard, Moscow 119021, Russia

Phone: +7 (495) 645-6405

Fax: +7 (495) 637-2746

E-mail: sales@rian.ru, http://ria.ru/


EnergoInfo

Energopolis

Energopolis is the magazine for chief executives of power industry.

It's the new-type periodical combining disciplinary information and lifestyle materials.

Russian and international energy industry news, forecasts, economic analysis, and interviews with chief executives of the energy companies. Periodicity: monthly. Circulation: 10 000.

Distribution:Subscription. Direct-mail to chief executives of power industry and Goverments institutions.


EnergyExpert

 «ЭНЕРГОЭКСПЕРТ» - отраслевой журнал о последних изобретениях, разработках и тенденциях в области электротехники и электроэнергетики. Главная особенность – всестороннее рассмотрение поднятой проблемы: от технологий до экономической эффективности и социальной значимости. Кроме того, журнал не просто рассказывает о новинках электротехники, но и сравнивает оборудование между собой. В сотрудничестве с зарубежными экспертами публикуются эксклюзивные материалы.

Тел. (495) 228-60-05


Platts

Founded in 1909, Platts is a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information and a premier source of benchmark prices for the physical and futures markets.  Platts' news, pricing, analytics, commentary and conferences help customers make better-informed trading and business decisions and help the markets operate with greater transparency and efficiency.  Customers in more than 150 countries benefit from Platts’ coverage of the carbon emissions, coal, electricity, oil, natural gas, metals, nuclear power, petrochemical, and shipping markets.  A division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), Platts is headquartered in New York with approximately 900 employees in more than 15 offices worldwide. Additional information is available at http://www.platts.com.


RussiaEnergy

WHAT IS RUSSIAENERGY.COM

RussiaEnergy.com is a mirror image of Russia’s wide-ranging energy landscape. The B2B trade portal offers a comprehensive view of the country’s natural resources, technology and human capital, capable of producing just about any energy product in today’s energy basket. 

Published in Chinese and English, RussiaEnergy.com provides an authoritative, cohesive stand for Russian energy companies to speak directly to the outside world. Through the site’s “Media Center,” meet high-ranking Russian government officials and company leaders, who share fresh, first-hand strategic thinking about how they manage Russian energy decisions, so often misunderstood in the West. The “Business Directory” allows Western, and especially Chinese, companies to learn about the diverse companies powering the world’s richest energy country


Argus Russia

Argus is an international price agency that specializes in evaluation and analysis of the markets for oil and petroleum products, LPG and natural gas, electricity, coal, emissions, biofuels, fertilizers, and transportation. The company with headquarters in London, has offices in Moscow, Astana, Kiev, Houston, Washington, New York, Portland, Calgary, Johannesburg, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing, Sydney, Santiago. Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held company registered in the UK. For more information about the company, please visit www.argus.ru


Powertek

Energotrader

TEK strategii razvitiya

Information-analytical magazine “TEK. Development strategies”

The magazine is issued under the official support of the Ministry of  Energy of the Russian Federation with a purpose to present the main strategic directions of development of fuel and energy complex of  Russia and experience of  FEC companies. The main task is to inform professional community about positive experience of the companies, progressive technologies and new legal acts.
The magazine is presented in all regions of the Russian Federation.

Separate booklet with exclusive, relevant information is attached to each magazine (supplement to the journal)
www.tek-russia.ru


PravoTEK

RusEnergyLaw LLC

23,Zatsepa Street,Office 11
Moscow,115054,Russia
tel:+7 495 230 30 22
fax:+7 495 235 23 61
info@oilgaslaw.ru
www.oilgaslaw.ru
www.lawtek.ru

  • The annual international RusEnergyLaw / NeftGazPravo  conference (http://www.rusenergylaw.com/week.html  )
  • Wide training program for energy sector lawyers, accountants and tax specialists
  • Russia/CIS Energy & Mining Law Journal

bne

bne is the first business publication dedicated to covering finance, economics, politics and business in the dynamic markets of Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. Our team of veteran journalists collectively have more than 50 years of reporting on the 17 countries of New Europe. bne goes beyond the headlines to provide in-depth reporting and incisive commentary that explains the "why" behind the "what" of current events. Sign up for a free month’s trial — just go to http://www.businessneweurope.eu click on a story and register.


Analytical Banking Magazine

The Analytical Banking Magazine

11 Sharikopodshipnikovskaya str., 115088, Moscow, Russia
The Analytical Center for Financial Information
Tel.: +7 (495) 747-60-64, 747-80-84.
E-mail: info@abajour.ru
Website: www.abajour.ru

The Analytical Banking Magazine is a respectable monthly magazine published since 1995. Over the last several years the magazine has been recognized as the most professional and popular edition in Russian banking industry. The magazine’s subscribers include heads of banks, insurance, financial and investment companies, government, representatives of the legislative and executive authorities from Russia, the CIS, the Baltic States and foreign countries.


Templeton Thorp

TT-TOTAL is an online, in-depth multiple source intelligence and information platform in both English and Russian, covering 30 countries from Central Europe to Central Asia, and 44 sectors from aerospace and defence to metals and mining. With detailed coverage of news on over 700 companies and nearly 400 business and political figures in the region, TT-TOTAL offers unrivalled speed and flexibility to its subscribers. The service is provided by Templeton Thorp, the definitive independent market specialist for all forms of intelligence, business and political information, and due diligence in the former Soviet Union and Central, Southern and Eastern Europe.

Website: www.tt-total.com


Global Islamic Finance magazine, GIF

Global Islamic Finance Magazine (GIF) was firmly established in 2007 as the leading Islamic Finance title for bankers, business professionals, brokers, insurers, corporate, advisors and providers of financial services. It focuses on rapidly growing Islamic Banking, Finance, Economy and Business.
Global Islamic Finance magazine delivers news, reviews, research, comment and analysis to financial intermediaries, bankers, lenders, insurers, brokers, corporate and SME decision makers and supports these finance professionals with timely, relevant and accurate market intelligence and sources of business funding.

 


EnergetikaiPromRossii

"Power and Industry of Russia"
is the only All-Russian newspaper specialising in the sphere of energy.

The purpose of publication is to elucidate events in domestic power engineering and industry, provide reliable data on the quality and assortment of output products, on new types of products that have appeared in the Russian market, on most advanced production technologies implemented at domestic enterprises.
Published 2 issue per month.
Circulation 26 000 copies.

Official Information Agency
Interfax Russia

Interfax Information Services Group provides professional information products and communications for decision-making in politics and business. Interfax offers a full range of services to government agencies, public organizations, business and the media. Our products and services are political and economical news, real-time news from Russian regions and the CIS, exchange information, analysis, business references on companies, the SPARK and SCAN databases, ratings and rankings, credit reports, IR services and services in the information disclosure sector, organization of press conferences and e-advertising.

Operating in Russia, China and on other emerging markets of Eurasia, Interfax publishes more than 3,000 news items on its wire every day and offers its clients over 100 different information products. The group has unparalleled experience in collecting, processing, storing and distributing original high-quality information and developing innovative technological solutions to deliver it, as well as a long-standing reputation of an impartial, reliable and independent news source. Partners of Interfax are prominent global business players such as Dun & Bradstreet, Experian, Moody’s and Business Wire.

Interfax has clients among government agencies of leading countries, major Russian and international media outlets, companies, banks, financial market players and investors.    

Russia, 127006, Moscow,
2 Pervaya Tverskaya-Yamskaya st., building 1
Т. +7(499)250-98-40
F. +7(499)250-97-27
Web-site: www.interfax.ru
e-mail: info@interfax.ru