Investments: Russia - UK

MOSCOW, February 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Investor Relations Business Meeting at the British Embassy in Moscow

On 3 February, 2010, UK Trade & Investment hosted the inaugural Investor Relations Business Meeting at the British Embassy in Moscow. The event was organised by UK Trade & Investment and PR Newswire Europe in partnership with Finance & Investment Markets Players Club (KIFIR).

The event was opened by Fiona Kushvid, Second Secretary Commercial, Team Leader Financial and Legal Services at the British Embassy in Moscow. Fiona highlighted the main aim of the event - building a bridge between Russian and British business, and the Embassy's role - to facilitate links between our two countries.

Alexandre Bykov (PR Newswire Europe) supported Fiona's speech, highlighting the importance of developing strong and transparent business in Russia.

The discussions were led by a series of expert speakers. Mark Hynes, Transparency Matters Ltd (http://www.transparencymatters.co.uk), shared his knowledge on how to attract foreign investors in competitive international market conditions.

President of Russian Regional banks Association, Anatoly Aksakov, said that the new 2010 legislations to protect investor rights will improve Russia's investment climate. In particular he mentioned new laws on insider trading, clearing systems, exchanges, securitization and financial dealings markets.

The Head of External Relations for Petropavlovsk Plc., Alya Samokhvalova, described the difficulties, which are faced by those attracting foreign investment into Russian entities.

Another prominent speaker was Mikhail Matovnikov, MD of Interfax Business services.

Also, the meeting was attended by representatives of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum who invited investors from all around the world, especially from the UK, to SPIEF-2010 on June 17-19, 2010 (http://www.forumspb.com).

The format of the event was very popular with participants: Boris Moshkovich, ABM Partner (http://www.abm-partner.ru) said that he had a chance to meet key IR experts, Media and Russian government officials.

This Business Meeting is the first in what the organisers hope could become a series of events with the theme of Investor Relations.

    Photo gallery from the event: http://www.kifir.info/photo/3-feb-2010/
    Main Partner: Petropavlovsk Plc. (http://www.petropavlovsk.net)
    Media Partner: Business Magazine "Finance." (http://www.finansmag.ru);
    Partner: Vinopolis (http://www.vinopolis.ru)

SOURCE KIFIR

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