Events

• Seminar on Working with EBRD & ExIm Bank, June 6, 2005, White Plains, NY - in PDF format (5/05)
• A Conference on Providing Solutions and Creating Opportunities for U.S. Companies at the Multilateral Development Banks
• Property and Real Estate Sector Opportunities Through EBRD -- April 18, 2005 - PowerPoint (4/05)
• Event: Portfolio and Direct Investment in Russia and Ukraine, April, Boston - in PDF format (3/05)
• Demystifying the Asian Development Bank, Business Opportunities Seminars, April, 2005 - in PDF format (3/05)
• U.S.-Russia Banking Conference, Washington DC, April 15, 2005
• 2nd Annual Conference on Investment Opportunities in Russian Banking, March 2-3, 2005
• Transcript for BISNIS Teleconference with EBRD Consultancy Services Unit Head Dilek Macit (6/04)
• Financing in Eurasia: An Update from ExIm, OPIC and Delta Capital

Subsector-Specific Reports

• Cascade Credit CJSC Signs a Loan Guarantee Agreement with USAID (8/05)
• EBRD Lends $1 million to Microbusiness in Armenia (6/05)
• Banking Sector of Nizhny Novgorod Region, 05/05 (6/05)
• Siberian Banking Industry Update, May 2005 (5/05)
• U.S. Ex-Im Bank and the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine (Ukreximbank) sign an MOU, April 6, 2005
• BISNIS Bulletin, July/August 2004 - BISNIS Interview: New OPIC Office Assists Small Business Investing (8/04)
• BISNIS Bulletin, May 2003, EBRD is Key Investor and Financier for Eurasia Projects
• BISNIS Bulletin, March 2003, Finance Corner: The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
• BISNIS Bulletin, March 2003, BISNIS Interview: RusRating on Russian Banks and Banking
• BISNIS Bulletin, February 2003, BISNIS Interview: U.S. Ex-Im Bank Ready to Serve Small Business Exporters
• BISNIS Bulletin, April 2002: Commerce Seminar Looks At Russian Venture Capital
• BISNIS Bulletin, July 2002, BISNIS Interview: Insight into the Russian Equity Market
• Novosibirsk Banking Industry Update (12/03)
• Kyrgyz Republic: List of Major Banks and Finance Institutions (8/03)

• Leasing in the Russian Far East (3/05)
• OPIC Loan for Leasing Sector in Georgia (8/04)
• Leasing Development in Georgia (8/04)
• Link to IFC's Central Asia Leasing Project
• BISNIS Bulletin, October 2002, Ex-Im Bank to Support U.S. Equipment to DeltaLeasing through First Intl. Bank
• BISNIS Bulletin, October 2002, BISNIS Interview: Russian Far East Leasing Market Booming
• BISNIS Bulletin, March 2002: Prospects for Leasing in Russia Expand (04/02)

• The Insurance Market in Ukraine, June 2005
• Insurance Industry In Russia, August 2004
• Link: Insurance Information Center Web Site (07/02)
• Link to Russian Insurance (in Russian)
• Link to the All Russian Insurance Association (in Russian)

• EBRD Reports and General Information
• S&P Public Finance Rating: Russian Local and Regional Governments, Dec 2004 - in PDF format (3/05)
• U.S. EX-IM Bank Bilingual Russia Portal
• OPIC Announces New Project in Ukraine (8/04)
• BISNIS Bulletin, February 2002: Russia's Accounting Transition (2/99)
• BISNIS Bulletin, February 2003, BISNIS Survey on Financing Eurasia Deals
• BISNIS Bulletin, July 2002, Ex-Im Bank in Ukraine Announcement
• BISNIS Bulletin, June 2002, Ex-Im Bank Open for Long-Term Financing in Russia
• BISNIS Bulletin, December 2002 - January 2003, BISNIS Director’s Message: Banking and Trade Finance Advance
• BISNIS Bulletin, August 2002: OPIC Supports U.S. Investment in the NIS (8/00)
• Money Transferring Services in Russia (3/04)
• Banking and Financial Services in the Russian Far East (10/03)
• Kazakhstan Issues First Mortgage-Backed Security with help of USAID (3/03)

Useful Contacts, Resources, and Links

• OPIC's Eurasia Private Equity Fund
• OPIC in Russia (Insurance, Finance, Funds, and more)
• Ex-Im Bank in Russia(Opportunities, Financing Programs, Success Stories and more)
• Commercial Guide, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2005 - in PDF format (2/05)
• U.S. Commercial Service Liaison Office to the EBRD
• U.S. Commercial Service Liaison to the World Bank Group
• EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules
• Commercial Service Liaison Office for the Asian Development Bank
• Link to the World Bank/Government of the Russian Federation Project For Non-Commercial Risk Guarantees (in English)

Related Banking Information

• Link to FDI Xchange (05/02)
• For Week Ending September 26, 2003 (11/03)
• For Week Ending August 29 and September 5, 12, and 19, 2003 (11/03)
• For Week Ending August 15 and 22, 2003 (11/03)
• For Week Ending August 1, 2003 (10/03)
• For Week Ending August 8, 2003 (10/03)
• Capital Market Monitor - May - September 2003 (10/03)
• For Week Ending July 25, 2003 (9/03)
• For Week Ending July 18, 2003 (9/03)
• For Week Ending July 11, 2003 (8/03)
• For Week Ending June 27 and July 4, 2003 (8/03)
• For Week Ending June 11 and June 20, 2003 (7/03)
• For Week Ending May 30, 2003 (6/03)
• For Week Ending May 16, 2003 (6/03)
• For Week Ending April 30 and May 8, 2003 (6/03)
• For Week Ending May 23, 2003 (6/03)
• For Week Ending April 25, 2003 (5/03)
• For Week Ending April 11 and April 18, 2003 (5/03)
• Capital Market Monitor - December 2002 - January 2003 (3/03)
• Capital Market Monitor - December 2001 (1/02)