BCS Global Markets, the largest securities broker on the Moscow Exchange, has signed a partnership agreement with Caderus Capital, the Russian-Chinese investment group, in order to further develop cross-border investments between China and Russia.
Both companies have agreed to combine efforts to promote the Caderus China Fund, the first Chinese equities investment fund in Russia, among Russian investors. The fund will be exclusively managed by the Hong Kong subsidiary of one of the oldest and respected firms in the Chinese asset management industry, China Asset Management.
Alongside this initiative, Caderus Capital shall use its experience and network of Chinese investors to attract private and institutional money to the Russian market via BCS’s investment platform. The partnership agreement also includes cooperation in other areas, including arranging listing on the Moscow Exchange for Chinese mainland companies.
Denis Zabolotnev, Deputy Chief Business Officer of the Russian region, CEO BCS Global Markets, said: “Our collaboration with Caderus Capital, who are experienced China experts in Russia, is the result of our concerted efforts to build a two-way highway for cross-border portfolio investment between Russia and China, and is part of the long-term development strategy of our financial services and investment business. We look forward to welcoming Chinese investors and corporates into Russia and will be introducing the Caderus China fund to our eligible clients.”
Andrei Akopian, Managing Partner of Caderus Capital, said: “We are delighted to initiate a relationship with one of the leaders in the Russian financial market and to contribute to the further development of Russian-Chinese investment activity. As a result of our cooperation, an investment bridge has been created for portfolio investments between Russia and China, which can be used by investors in both countries to broaden their investment horizon and acquire direct access to investment products in new, interesting, and dynamic markets that have a lot of growth potential.”
About BCS Global Markets
BCS Global Markets is the Investment Banking division of BCS Financial Group. BCS Financial Group is a Russian financial service sector pioneer launching operations in 1995. BCS has a broad client base of over 140,000 that are serviced through a branch network of roughly 100 offices with over 3,000 employees.
The Global Markets Investment Banking division was launched in early 2011 and is focused on the provision of market access, financing and advisory, securities lending and other ancillary prime brokerage and asset administration services.
BCS is the broker of choice for trading Russian instruments with an absolute leadership position: since over 2 years, BCS has maintained its dominant trading position on the Moscow Exchange, capturing more than 25% of market share in Equities, Derivatives and FX.
About Caderus Capital
Caderus Capital is a Russian-Chinese investment company offering investment banking and consulting services to companies and institutional as well as private investors in Russia and in China. Caderus Capital is assisting Chinese and Russian corporates and investors in cross-border market entry, and is involved in a number of M&A and private equity transactions in finance, mining and other sectors.
In January 2016, Caderus Capital was appointed official representative in China for the Moscow Exchange, and as such Caderus Capital has participated in the structuring of the offshore RMB-bond market in Russia, in creating a listing channel in Moscow for Chinese corporates and in developing a dialogue with major investment banks and institutional investors in the PRC.