Posts Tagged ‘investment’
Risks of rushing back to Russia
Oil prices are on the rise and suddenly it’s time to make sure you’re on the investment train to Russia again. And, despite a continued perception of higher risks associated with investing in the country, the early birds are already there, as a report in Monday’s FTfm explains.
While emerging market funds in general have seen big net outflows this year, according to EPFR, a global fund flow data provider, fund flows into Russia have been picking up. Russia-focused funds have gathered a total of $1.22bn in the year to date, against outflows of $2bn for China and $980m for India in the same period, EPFR data show.
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The Khodorkovsky Verdict: Scaring Off Investment in Russia
It must have been an awkward meeting for Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. On Dec. 29, he convened a session with his economic aides to talk about attracting talented businessmen to Moscow. No one mentioned that across the river from where they were sitting, a judge was reading out the guilty verdict of one of Russia’s most successful businessmen, oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whose case has scared off a lot of capital from the country. But when the subject turned to Russia’s appeal for investors, Medvedev’s tone became forlorn: “The investment climate in our country is bad. It’s very bad.” And everyone understood why.
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