OREANDA-NEWS. March 06, 2008. As said I. A. Mandrikin, Deputy General Director, FSUE Russian Post at the press-conference. The conference focused on implementation of new service, sale of unit investment funds (UIFs) at post Russia-wide, reported the press-centre of Russian Post. 

The service will be granted in all post offices since 18th March this year after the pilot project is finished in Vladimir, Voronezh and Yaroslavl regions. The pilot service helped to study the project entirely and implement technology solutions. Any citizen of RF can become holder of unit investment funds.

It’s necessary to give operator a copy of ID-document and application for joining the regulations of trust management of unit investment funds (all forms are presented at web-site www.pif-na-pochte.ru and can be printed from it or in public access outlets at post). After it client sends money by postal order to Unit Investment Funds. Operator identifies customers, checks documents, signs them, stamps calendar date, gets money and gives documents’ copies.

Post offers investors several UIFs and most of people are interested in “Federal Fund of Funds” concentrated UIFs of several leading management companies.

As noted I. A. Mandrikin sale of unit investment funds would find proper place among other financial services and invite new flow of customers to post. Presently, post offices are ready to render modern financial services, that is urgent in rural settlements where people can’t use banking services, though interested in modern services.