3rd Annual Conference on Investing in Russian Banking:
Investment
Opportunities in Banking in the Russian-Speaking World
April 5 and 6,
2006
The Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel
New York City
The Financial Services Volunteer Corps, the Association
of Russia's Regional Banks and the bank rating agency RusRating are delighted to
invite you to the third annual conference in New York on Investment Opportunities in
Russian Banking.
This year’s conference includes a more expansive
overview of new opportunities beyond Russia, to include the other regions once
associated with the Soviet Union. The
entire “Russian-Speaking” area is now a hotbed for investors with an interest in
diversifying holdings. This conference will explore the current and future
landscape of investing within the entire region.
Topics include:
- The rate in which
banks are evolving and spreading throughout the region; which are the
front-runners
- Ways in which
banks are transforming other sectors of the region’s economies
- Changes in product
offerings in order to attract international investors, one example is with the
development of a mortgage lending practice
- IPO
potential
- Credit bureau
development
- Risk management
and governance in a Basel II context
Presenters:
Currently, 15 banks are sending senior representatives
from Russia and its neighbors. A
sampling of the confirmed speakers on the Russia-side, include the
following:
Andrei
Kozlov, First Deputy
Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia
Anatoly
Aksakov, Deputy Chairman,
Duma Committee for Financial Markets
Alexei
Savatyugin, Head of
Department for Banking Affairs, Ministry of Finance
Anna
Papova, Department Head,
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Conference
Format:
Beyond the in-depth sessions being brought to conference
participants, we are also organizing a series of evening events, including a
reception the first night of the conference and a cruise around the New York harbor the
second night. Additionally, in place of one of the regular sessions, a
debate is being organized on the topic of “This House Believes that the Future
Belongs to Global Banks”.
Registration and
Sponsorships:
For registration or sponsorship information, please contact Irene Coffman,
Senior Director, Financial Services Volunteer Corps, via email at russianbankingconference@fsvc.org,
or telephone at 212-771-1408.
