OREANDA-NEWS. August 14, 2008. NDC, being a part of the MICEX Group, announces its participation in Sibos 2008 - the world’s largest financial services event sponsored by SWIFT. The  MICEX Group will be represented by the MICEX President Alexander Potemkin, NDC CEO Nikolay Egorov, and Alexei Rybnikov, CEO of the MICEX Stock Exchange.

The conference will take place from 15 to 19 September in Vienna. More than 7000 financial operations specialists will participate in it. The key themes at Sibos 2008 include new technologies, processes, financial market efficiency and security.

Sibos is aimed at broadening partnerships with the financial institutions worldwide and, thus, gaining better insight of the Russian financial infrastructure in the European and global markets.

For the first time at Sibos, NDC representing MICEX Group, will:
showcase the Russian financial infrastructure as well as the MICEX Stock Exchange and NDC’s service mix targeted to global financial institutions;
launch a joint road show of the Russian financial markets, which will be sponsored by the MICEX Stock Exchange and NDC.

The special Program for Russia and CIS will be conducted on the 16-th of September, 2008. Discussion will run in the framework of three sections covering the following questions: Can the Rouble become a global reserve currency? What is the future best practice for the securities market in Russia and CIS? Where will the major financial centres be in 2013? Representatives of MICEX Group will participate and speak during the Program.

On the 16-th of September, 2008, at 5 p.m., Nikolay Egorov and Alexey Rybnikov will present the Program of the International Road Show on the Russian market.

 The presentation will take place at the NDC’s stand B514.

During the week of Sibos NDC will also distribute a free electronic practical guide: “Gateway to the Russian market”. This will provide banks and their corporate customers with an accessible reference tool to aid institutional investors and funds’ planning and decision-making. Copies of the guide will be available at NDC’s stand.

More information about Sibos is available at www.SWIFT.com