OREANDA-NEWS.  January 30, 2008.   London-Moscow Renaissance Capital, a leading emerging markets investment bank, has been ranked 2nd for lead managing ruble bonds in 2007 in EuroWeek's emerging markets awards poll.

EuroWeek's prestigious annual polls are voted on by market participants, in this case the emerging markets teams in the international debt capital markets. The results of the poll were announced in January edition of the magazine.

Commenting on the poll results, Brian Lazell, Head of Debt Products Group at Renaissance Capital, said: "We are very pleased with the results of the survey which reflects both the superb quality of our team and the Firm's increasingly dominant position in Russian capital markets."

Renaissance Capital's DCM team participated in a series of significant ruble bond placements arranged in 2007. They included the RUB 5 bln transactions for GAZPROM and AIZHK in February, a RUB 2 bln placement by Bank Renaissance Capital in March and a RUB 5 bln placement for Ursa Bank in July 2007.