Capital markets - Russia

International correspondent

Deal analysis

• Russian exchange merger to set new market standard

  27 October 2011

  A first-of-its-kind merger of Russia’s two biggest exchanges will set a new market standard for protecting the rights of minority shareholders

News analysis

• Brics exchange alliance to promote new asset class

  18 October 2011

  The newly-formed alliance between emerging market stock exchanges could encourage a so-called Brics asset class, HKEx's Charles Li has told IFLR.

• Liberalisation of Russian DR market effective by September

  02 August 2011

  Regulations raising the proportion of shares Russian companies can issue outside the country through depositary receipts could be effective by the start of September

Supplements

• Russia: Netting the benefits

  01 June 2011

  Evgeny Zelensky and Nina Bystrova of Herbert Smith look at recent changes which introduce key concepts into Russian law and represent a step towards an international financial centre in Moscow

• Russia: Outing the insiders

  01 June 2011

  Evgeny Zelensky and Natalya Dulichenko of Herbert Smith examine Russia’s new insider trading law and its implications for the country’s financial services industry