OREANDA-NEWS. August 20, 2007. The RBC.Rating agency has drawn up the Best PUIF Managers in the 1st Half of 2007 rating awarded to managers of investment funds which have been in business for at least one year. Only funds of shares and mixed investment with the value of net assets equivalent to a minimum of 30 million roubles as of 29 June 2007 were rated. Each manager was assigned points calculated as an overall sum of positions occupied by the funds in quarterly income ratings starting from the 1st quarter of 2006.

Oleg Kosorukov, Head of the Securities Department with the Leader Management Company, part of the SOGAZ Insurance Group, was recognised the best PUIF manager in the 1st half of 2007. Mr Kosorukov manages the public unit investment fund Gas Industry – Shares.

The Leader management company was founded in 1993. Shareholders of the company are OJSC SOGAZ, the GAZFOND non-governmental pension fund, and JSB Gazprombank (CJSC). Today, Leader is Russia's largest company in terms of assets under management and one of the most reliable players in the trust management market.

The SOGAZ Insurance Group comprises the following companies: OJSC SOGAZ, Neftepolis Insurance Company Ltd, OJSC Gazprommedstrakh, SOGAZ-life Insurance Company Ltd, the management company CJSC Leader, and the medical services company Gazprommedservice Ltd. The Group's regional network includes 350 subdivisions. SOGAZ holds the highest reliability rating (A++) awarded by the Expert PA rating agency.