Yerevan to host VII CIS and Baltic Region Bond Congress

June 10, 2010 - 12:23 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - On July 1 and 2, 2010, Russian Cbonds news agency jointly with NASDAQ OMX Armenia will organize the VII CIS and Baltic Region Bond Congress in Yerevan. The Bond Congress is an event held yearly since 2004 in one of the financial centers in CIS and Baltic states and has been an important event gathering market professionals from all countries involved.

The main objective of the Bond Congress to be held in Yerevan is to provide a forum for all bond market participants to discuss the vital issues related to CIS and Baltic debt market; exchange experience; build business contacts, as well as to present the Armenian bond market to the international community and promote investment interest towards this segment of the country’s capital market.

Primary topics to be covered during the event include: Armenian bond market; world financial markets in the aftermath of the crisis; bond markets of Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Baltic states. As part of the Round Table on internal and external markets, the attendees will discuss the priorities and interests of existing and potential issuers and investors in respect of the debt market. Overall, more than 200 market professionals for CIS and the Baltic states are expected to participate in the event, NASDAQ OMX said in a press release.

Among the invited speakers of the Bond Congress are the Central Bank of Armenia, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economy officials. Presentations by NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, Armenian bond issuers and local investment service providers will also be delivered. Agenda sections devoted to debt markets of CIS and the Baltic states will be presented by regulatory officials, stock exchange representatives, as well as by issuers and market professionals, including Deutsche Bank, Standard & Poor’s, Russian Sberbank, Troyka Dialog investment company, MICEX, Goldman Sachs, and SEB Bank.

Cbonds group of companies is a news agency with focus on financial markets. The Group' currently carries out the following activities in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan: maintains and develops information websites (Cbonds.Info and Investfunds); organizes conferences and exhibitions devoted to financial markets; publishes Cbonds Review magazine and yearbooks.

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