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Andrew Keeley ...
  • Andrey Kuznetsov
  • Andrey Gromadin
  • Andrey Krylov
  • Anna Kotelnikova
  • Anton Stroutchenevski
  • Artem Vinogradov
  • Cole Akeson
  • Fedor Kornachev
  • Kirill Rogachev
  • Mikhail Krasnoperov
  • Rodion Lomivorotov

CIS Market Daily - February 21, 2020

MARKET COMMENT - VIRUS, SYRIA, "ELECTION INTERFERENCE" HEADLINES DRAG ON SENTIMENTGlobal markets retreated yesterday amid fresh, negative headlines regarding Covid-19. The MSCI ACWI global index fell 0.5%. Russia was just barely in the top half of the EM set. The RTS declined 0.43% to 1,535. Aside from a drag on global sentiment from the virus news flow, sentiment toward the Russian market may be hit by headlines regarding Syria and US politics.STORIES> US officials accuse Russia of new "election interference"> South Korea and China see outflow, Brazil and Russia inflow> January basic sectors: Stronger demand but weaker exports> Novatek 4Q19 conference call highlights> TBC Bank 4Q19: Solid cost control, strong F&C growth, negative COR> VTB to report 4Q19 and 2019 IFRS results> Lenta 2H19 and 2019 IFRS preview> X5 to roll out new Perekrestok concept> Further signs of excess capacity highlight railcar market struggles
Underlyings
Globaltrans Investment Plc Sponsored GDR RegS

Globaltrans Investment is a rail transportation company in the Russian Federation. Co. is engaged in providing a wide range of railroad freight transport and logistics services. Co. provides rail freight transport and logistics services, as well as certain ancillary services to industrial customers and medium-size corporate customers in Russia and to destinations within Russia and to Ukraine. Co.'s regional network encompasses 10 branch offices. Co. is a private participant in the transportation of scrap and ferrous metals and it has market positions in the transportation of construction materials and ores.

Lenta International PJSC

Lenta is a hypermarket group based in Russia. Co. operates 87 hypermarkets in 50 cities across Russia and 16 supermarkets in the Moscow region with a total of approximately 571,328 sq.m. of selling space. Co. also operates four distribution centers for hypermarkets and one for supermarkets. operates three hypermarket formats: Standard, typically with approximately 7,000 sq. m. of selling space (smaller than many Western European hypermarkets) and 24,000 stock keeping unit (SKUs); Compact, typically with approximately 5,000 sq. m. of selling space and 20,300 SKUs; and Supercompact, typically with approximately 3,000 sq. m. of selling space and 15,000 SKUs.

NOVATEK JSC

Novatek is an independent gas producer and natural gas producer in Russia. Co. is engaged in the exploration, production, and processing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. Co.'s upstream activities are concentrated in the Yamal-Nenets region, which is a natural gas producing area and accounts for a significant part of Russia's natural gas production. Co.'s three core fields are located in the regions of Yurkharovskoye, East Tarkosalinskoye and Khancheyskoye. Co. maintains natural gas reserves of approximately 1,144 bcm. Co.'s total net proved reserves totals around 8,088 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).

NOVATEK JSC Sponsored GDR RegS

TBC Bank Group

TBC Bank Group is a holding company. Through JSC TBC Bank and its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in universal banking operations that include corporate, small and medium enterprises, retail and micro operations within Georgia.

TBC Bank Joint Stock Co

VTB Bank (GDR)

VTB Bank PJSC

Bank VTB PAO is a Russia-based bank engaged in the provision of financial services. The Bank reports five segments: Corporate-Investment banking includes operations with corporate customers that are large business customers and banking financial institutions, as well as operations on the securities market; Mid-Corporate banking covers operations with medium business corporate customers; Retail business includes operations with individuals and small business corporate customers, and offers operations on Internet and mobile Point-of-Sale acquiring, plastic cards, payroll services and financial consulting, among others; Treasury comprises operations to manage liquidity, operations on financial and interbank markets, cash flow management and debit financing operation; as well as Other business includes two business: Construction and development involves operations undertaken by Company in the construction and development industry, and Other activities represent non-banking business.

X5 Retail Group N.V. Sponsored GDR RegS

X5 Retail Group is a holding company. The main activity of Co. is the development and operation of grocery retail stores. Co. operates a retail chain of soft-discount, supermarket and hypermarket stores under the brand names "Pyaterochka", "Perekrestok" and "Karusel" in major population centres in Russia, including but not limited to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Kazan, Samara, Lipetsk, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Ekaterinburg and Kiev, Ukraine.

Provider
Sberbank
Sberbank

​Sberbank CIB Investment Research is a research firm offering equity, fixed income, economics, and strategy research. It covers analysis on all aspects of Russia’s capital markets, issues and industries. The firm analyzes trends in Russia and combines local knowledge with a global perspective. It processes macroeconomic data, market and company-specific news, stock quotes and other information for providing research reports. The firm provides details and latest prices on the most traded names and most traded paper on all segments Russian market. In strategy research, it provides thematic research, tips and descriptions of the methodology used to evaluate companies.

Analysts
Andrew Keeley

Andrey Kuznetsov

Andrey Gromadin

Andrey Krylov

Anna Kotelnikova

Anton Stroutchenevski

Artem Vinogradov

Cole Akeson

Fedor Kornachev

Kirill Rogachev

Mikhail Krasnoperov

Rodion Lomivorotov

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