Sberbank CIB
{{Short description|Multinational banking firm}}
{{primary sources|date=January 2011}}
{{Expand Russian|Sberbank CIB|date=March 2019}}
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| name = Sberbank CIB
| logo = Sberbank CIB logo.svg
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| former_name = Troika Dialog
| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = 1991
| location = Moscow, Russia
| num_locations = 3 countries
| key_people = Ruben Vardanyan (President)
| industry = Financial services
| products = Investment Banking
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| net_income = $200 million
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| homepage = {{url|sberbank-cib.ru/index_eng.jsp|Sberbank-cib.ru}}
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Sberbank CIB is a multinational investment banking and asset management firm headquartered in Moscow, Russia, and a subsidiary of Sberbank. It was founded in Moscow in 1991, and was formerly known as Troika Dialog.
Sberbank CIB's core lines of business are securities sales and trading, investment banking, private wealth and asset management, retail distribution and alternative investments. The company focuses on markets in Russia and other CIS countries. It operates in more than 20 cities in Russia plus offices in Almaty, and Nicosia. Offices in London, New York City and Kyiv were closed in 2022, Troika Dialog's clients include leading Russian and international companies, financial institutions, government agencies and high-net-worth individuals.
History
Troika Dialog was co-founded by the American Peter Derby ({{langx|ru|Петр Дерби}}; born 18 August 1960 United States) and Bernard Sucher in 1991.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/business/worldbusiness/14iht-pay.4.5706705.html |title=Investment bankers head to Moscow for more pay |work=The New York Times |date=May 14, 2007 |access-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-date=August 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210827011048/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/business/worldbusiness/14iht-pay.4.5706705.html}}{{cite book |title=The new Russian business leaders|first1=Manfred|last1=Kets de Vries|publisher=Edward Elgar|year=2004|isbn= 9781843764991|page=237|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1eUJAQAAMAAJ&q=Troika+Dialog+1991+Peter+Derby}}{{cite news |url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2005-96.htm |title=Peter Derby, Managing Executive for Operations and Management, Announces Intention to Leave the SEC |work=SEC press release |date=30 June 2005 |access-date=23 November 2019 |archive-date=6 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106105302/https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2005-96.htm}}{{cite web |url=http://www.troika.ru/rus/About/History_in_Brief/History_in_Brief.wbp |title=Тройка Диалог: Наша история |trans-title=Troika Dialog: Our history |language=ru |work=Тройка Диалог (troika.ru) |date=2007 |access-date=19 August 2021 |archive-date=19 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019004211/http://www.troika.ru/rus/About/History_in_Brief/History_in_Brief.wbp}}{{efn|In 1983 after graduating from the New York University with a bachelors degree, Peter Derby ({{langx|ru|Петр Дерби}}; born 18 August 1960 United States) became an auditor at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York where he remained until 1985 when he took a job at National Westminster Bank as the director of corporate finance. He lived in Russia from 1990 until May 1998 when he returned to the United States and joined Irvington, New York's board of trustees.{{cite news |last=Бирман |first=Александр (Birman, Alexander) |url=https://www.sostav.ru/articles/2005/12/14/mark141205-1 |title=Интервью: Петр Дерби, бывший владелец "Тройки Диалог": "Когда-нибудь я все же займусь инвестбанкингом" Бывший владелец "Тройки Диалог" Петр Дерби решил вновь заняться бизнесом в России. О том, что заставило американского финансиста, успевшего поработать в SEC, принять участие в создании российского кредитного брокера Creditstar, господин Дерби рассказал "Секрету фирмы". |trans-title=Interview: Peter Derby, former owner of Troika Dialog: "Someday I will still go into investment banking" The former owner of Troika Dialog, Pyotr Derby, decided to re-engage in business in Russia. Mr. Derby told Sekret Firmy about what made the American financier who had worked for the SEC to take part in the creation of the Russian credit broker Creditstar. |language=ru |work=Состав.ру (sostav.ru) |date=14 December 2005 |access-date=20 August 2021 |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820210622/https://www.sostav.ru/articles/2005/12/14/mark141205-1}} From April 2003 until May 2005, he served as Managing Executive for Operations and Management at the SEC.}} He served as president and CEO of Troika Dialog from 1991 to 1996 and as chairman from 1996 to 1997. Previously, he helped found Dialog-Bank ({{langx|ru|Диалог-банка}}), which was the first licensed private Russian bank for international banking, serving as CFO of Dialog-Bank in 1990, becoming president and CEO from 1991 to 1997, and was chairman from 1997 to 1998 when the bank failed during the Russian financial crisis.
In 1997, Bank of Moscow ({{langx|ru|Банк Москвы}}) became a shareholder of the Troika Dialog owning 80% stake until 8 April 2002 when the Bank of Moscow sold its stake to the Troika Dialog's management.{{cite news |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/317688 |title=Банк Москвы продал "Тройку Диалог" менеджерам: Вчера Банк Москвы официально сообщил о продаже контрольного пакета акций ИК "Т |trans-title=Bank of Moscow sold Troika Dialog to managers: Yesterday, the Bank of Moscow officially announced the sale of a controlling stake in IK T |language=ru |work="Коммерсантъ" |date=9 April 2002 |access-date=19 August 2021}}{{cite news |last=Куприянов |first=Станислав (Kupriyanov, Stanislav) |url=http://stringer-news.com/publication.mhtml?Part=48&PubID=16690 |title=Новые лица Банка Москвы |trans-title=New faces of the Bank of Moscow |language=ru |work=Стрингер (Stringer-news.com) |date=23 March 2011 |access-date=19 August 2021 }} [http://www.compromat.ru/page_30823.htm Archived] at compromat.ru on 23 May 2011. As founder and president of Bank of Moscow from 1995 until 2011 when VTB obtained control of Bank of Moscow, Andrei Borodin controlled the Troika Dialog.{{cite news |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1517916 |title="Конфликта нет": Президент Банка Москвы Андрей Бородин о том, от чего зависит банковский бизнес |trans-title="No conflict": Bank of Moscow President Andrey Borodin on what the banking business depends on |language=ru |work="Коммерсантъ" |date=8 October 2010 |access-date=20 August 2021}}{{cite news |last=Петрова |first=Светлана А. (Petrova, Svetlana A.) |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/articles/2010/10/25/bankir_moskvy |title=Андрей Бородин, возможно, собрал блокпакет акций Банка Москвы: Непонятно, как сложатся отношения президента Банка Москвы Андрея Бородина с новым мэром Москвы Сергеем Собяниным. Но Бородин подстраховался: как стало известно «Ведомостям», он, возможно, собрал блокпакет банка |trans-title=Andrey Borodin may have collected a blocking stake in the Bank of Moscow: It is not clear how the relationship between the President of the Bank of Moscow Andrei Borodin and the new Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin will develop. But Borodin insured himself: as it became known to Vedomosti, he may have collected a blocking stake in the bank |language=ru |work= Ведомости |date=25 October 2010 |access-date=20 August 2021}}{{cite news |url=http://www.forbes.com/profile/andrei-borodin/ |title=The World's Billionaires: Andrei Borodin |work=Forbes |date=2012 |access-date=20 August 2021 |archive-date=27 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527074836/http://www.forbes.com/profile/andrei-borodin/}}
From 1997 to 2002, its executive director was Andrei Andreivich Movchan{{cite web|access-date=2018-02-26|title=Andrei Movchan: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=26471309&privcapId=244596326|website=www.bloomberg.com|archive-date=2018-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227034317/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=26471309&privcapId=244596326}}{{cite web |url=https://carnegie.ru/experts/1054 |title=Андрей Мовчан. Приглашенный эксперт программы «Экономическая политика»: Андрей Мовчан — приглашенный эксперт программы «Экономическая политика» Московского Центра Карнеги. |trans-title=Andrey Movchan. Invited Program Expert "Economic policy":Andrei Movchan is a guest expert at the Economic Policy program at the Carnegie Moscow Center. |work=Carnegie Moscow Center |access-date=23 November 2019 |language=Russian}} and its managing director for investment banking was Sergey Viktorovich Skvortsov.{{cite web |url=http://whoiswho.dp.ru/cart/person/323781/ |title=Кто есть кто: Скворцов Сергей Викторович |trans-title=Who is Who: Sergey Viktorovich Skvortsov |work=Delovoy |location=Saint Petersburg, Russia |access-date=23 November 2019 |language=Russian |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428025726/http://whoiswho.dp.ru/cart/person/323781/}}{{efn|Sergey Viktorovich Skvortsov ({{langx|ru|Сергей Викторович Скворцов}}; born 29 February 1964 Moscow, Soviet Union) graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1986 with a PhD degree (Candidate of Economic Sciences) in International Economic Relations and established and headed Moscow Business Consultants (MBC) in 1988 leading it until 1997 while he advised 30 large scale projects receiving direct foreign investments in the Soviet Union and later Russia.{{cite web |url=http://www.troika.ru/rus/About/Management/Sergei_Skvortsov.wbp?page=2 |title=Общая информация / О компании / Руководство: Сергей Скворцов |trans-title=General Information/About Company/About Management: Sergey Skortsov |work=Troika Dialog |access-date=23 November 2019 |archive-date=29 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129052944/http://www.troika.ru/rus/About/Management/Sergei_Skvortsov.wbp?page=2 |page=2 |language=Russian}} He took an investments in emerging markets course at Merrill Lynch in the United States in 1992 and studied at the Advanced Management Program at the Institut européen d'administration des affaires (INSEAD) at Fontainebleau near Paris in 2005. While Sergey Skvortsov studied at Merrill Lynch in 1992, Rubin Vardanyan spoke with Skortsov and later while Skortsov returned to Moscow, he and Vardanyan became close. He worked at Troika Dialog from 1998 until 2013 and in March 2013 began working closely with Sergey Chemezov at Rostec. He is on the boards of OJSC KAMAZ (2006), Nestle Russia (2007), OJSC AvtoVAZ (June 2008) and Russian Helicopters.{{cite web |url=http://www.troika.ru/rus/About/Management/Sergei_Skvortsov.wbp?page=1 |title=Общая информация / О компании / Руководство: Сергей Скворцов |trans-title=General Information/About Company/About Management: Sergey Skortsov |work=Тройка Диалог (Troika Dialog) |access-date=23 November 2019 |archive-date=29 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129052944/http://www.troika.ru/rus/About/Management/Sergei_Skvortsov.wbp?page=1 |page=1 |language=Russian}} After Sergey Chemezov and Chairman of the Board Carlos Ghosn stepped down from the board of AvtoVaz on 23 June 2016, Skvortsov, who was deputy director of the Chemezov led Rostec, became Chairman of the Board of AvtoVaz.{{cite news |last=Чупров |first=Александр (Chuprov, Alexander) |url=https://www.autostat.ru/news/26405/ |title=Сергей Скворцов избран председателем совета директоров АВТОВАЗа |trans-title=Sergey Skvortsov was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of AVTOVAZ |language=ru |work=«АВТОСТАТ» (autostat.ru) |date=23 June 2016 |access-date=19 March 2022 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319201112/https://www.autostat.ru/news/26405/}}}}
In May 2002, Alexander Mamut became a director.{{cite news |last1=СЕМЕНОВ |first1=АЛЕКСАНДР (Semenov, Alexander) |last2=ТЯГАЙ |first2=СЕРГЕЙ (Tyagai, Sergei) |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/321777 |title=Александр Мамут стал совладельцем "Тройки Диалог" |trans-title=Alexander Mamut became a co-owner of Troika Dialog |language=ru |work="Коммерсантъ" |date=14 May 2002 |access-date=19 August 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2021/03/04/chelovek-bez-kostey |title=Человек без костей Спецкор «Медузы» Анастасия Якорева рассказывает, как отличный юрист и удачливый переговорщик Александр Мамут сломался на медийном бизнесе |trans-title=A man without bones Meduza special correspondent Anastasia Yakoreva tells how an excellent lawyer and successful negotiator Alexander Mamut broke down in the media business |work=«Медуза» |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=19 August 2021}} [http://www.compromat.ru/page_42148.htm Archived] at compromat.ru on 5 March 2021. From 2003 to 2006, its executive director was Sergey Skvortsov.
From July 2007 until 2010, Andrey Vladimirovich Sharonov ({{langx|ru|Андрей Владимирович Шаронов}}) was chairman of the board and managing director of Troika Dialog.{{cite web |url=https://whoiswho.dp.ru/cart/person/1931334 |title=Кто есть кто: Шаронов Андрей Владимирович |trans-title=Who is Who: Sharonov Andrey Vladimirovich |work="Деловой Петербург" |location=Saint Petersburg, Russia |access-date=19 August 2021 |language=Russian |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820021142if_/https://whoiswho.dp.ru/cart/person/1931334}} From April 2006 to March 2013 when he became a managing director for investments of the State Corporation Russian Technologies (Rostec) in April 2013, Sergey Skortsov was Troika Dialog's main partner and the president of Troika Capital Partners, which manages private equity and venture capital funds as well as Troika Dialog's own investments{{cite news |last=Осипов |first=Антон (Osipov, Anton) |url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/finance/news/10684891 |title=Сергей Скворцов присоединился к «Ростеху» |trans-title=Sergey Skortsov joins Rostec |language=Russian |work=Vedomosti |location=Moscow |date=2 April 2013 |access-date=23 November 2019 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319231724/https://www.vedomosti.ru/management/articles/2013/04/02/sergej_skvorcov_prisoedinilsya_k_rostehu}} In 2008 under Skvortsov's leadership, Troika Dialog spearheaded the alliance of AvtoVAZ-Renault-Nissan and the partnership among KAMAZ OJSC, Daimler AG Concern and Rostec.{{cite news |url=https://rostec.ru/news/1472/ |title=Сергей Скворцов присоединился к команде Ростеха |trans-title=Sergey Skvortsov joined the Rostec team |language=ru |work=Rostec |date=2 April 2013 |access-date=19 March 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.troika.ru/rus/About/Management/Sergei_Skvortsov.wbp?page=1 |title=Сергей Скворцов: Управляющий директор |trans-title=Sergey Skvortsov: Managing director |language=ru |work=Тройка Диалог |date=2013 |access-date=18 March 2022 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017151123/http://www.troika.ru/rus/About/Management/Sergei_Skvortsov.wbp?page=1}}{{cite web |url=http://www.troika.ru/rus/About/Management/Sergei_Skvortsov.wbp?page=2 |title=Сергей Скворцов |trans-title=Sergey Skvortsov |language=ru |work=Тройка Диалог |date=2013 |access-date=18 March 2022 |archive-date=6 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606195045/http://www.troika.ru/rus/About/Management/Sergei_Skvortsov.wbp?page=2}} In early April 2008, Rubin Vandaryan stated that Troika Dialog through Avtoinvest and Kamaz-Capital had the controlling stake in KamAZ.{{cite news |last=Столяров |first=Глеб (Stolyarov, Gleb) |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/articles/2008/04/08/trojka-zapryazhet-kamaz |title=«Тройка» запряжет «Камаз»: «Тройка диалог» получит контрольный пакет акций «Камаза». Часть его будет продана стратегическому инвестору, часть могут купить менеджеры завода |trans-title="Troika" will harness "Kamaz": Troika Dialog will receive a controlling stake in Kamaz. Part of it will be sold to a strategic investor, part can be bought by plant managers |language=ru |work=«Ведомости» |date=8 April 2008 |access-date=19 March 2022 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319223234/https://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/articles/2008/04/08/trojka-zapryazhet-kamaz}} Since 2008, Troika Dialog was the nominal owner of AvtoVAZ and KamAZ for the beneficial owner Sergei Roldugin.{{cite news |last1=Вержбицкий |first1=Антон (Verzhbitsky, Anton) |last2=Непомнящий |first2=Алексей (Nepomniachtchi, Alexey) |url=http://www.forbes.ru/news/318853-renault-i-daimler-ne-znali-o-partnerstve-s-sergeem-rolduginym-v-avtovaze-i-kamaze |title=Renault и Daimler не знали о партнерстве с Сергеем Ролдугиным в «АвтоВАЗе» и «КамАЗе» |trans-title=Renault and Daimler did not know about the partnership with Sergey Roldugin in AvtoVAZ and KamAZ |language=ru |work=Forbes |date=26 April 2016 |access-date=18 March 2022 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319223234/https://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/articles/2008/04/08/trojka-zapryazhet-kamaz}}
Troika Dialog has been privately owned by 109 employee partners. In March 2009, the company announced a strategic alliance with Standard Bank Group under which Standard Bank will become a 36% shareholder in Troika Dialog.{{cite news |last1=Губейдуллина |first1=Гюзель (Gubeidullina, Guzel) |last2=Сафронов |first2=Борис (Safronov, Boris) |last3=Оверченко |first3=Михаил (Overchenko, Mikhail) |url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article.shtml?2009%2F03%2F06%2F184944 |title="Тройка» продана на треть: Рубен Варданян смог привлечь инвестора в «Тройку диалог», сохранив контроль над инвестбанком. Standard Bank заплатит за 33% «Тройки» $200 млн и отдаст ей свою российскую «дочку" |trans-title=Troika sold by a third: Ruben Vardanyan was able to attract an investor to Troika Dialog, while retaining control over the investment bank. Standard Bank will pay $ 200 million for 33% of Troika and give it its Russian subsidiary |language=ru |work=«Ведомости» |date=6 March 2009 |access-date=19 August 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309231109/http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article.shtml?2009%2F03%2F06%2F184944}} In March 2011, Sberbank agreed to acquire Troika Dialog for US$1 billion, through the purchase of a 63.6 percent stake held by a shareholder group led by Ruben Vardanyan, and a 36.4 percent stake held by South Africa's Standard Bank.{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/troika-sberbank-idUSLDE72A0E420110311|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307155517/http://uk.reuters.com/article/troika-sberbank-idUSLDE72A0E420110311|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2016|title=Sberbank buys Troika for $1 bln in dealmaking drive|last1=Golubkova |first1=Katya |last2=Dolan |first2=David |access-date=5 July 2012|work=Reuters|date=11 March 2011}} In 2012 the brokerage firm has been acquired by Russia's biggest bank, Sberbank, for US$1bn and continued operation as a part of its investment banking division.{{cite web |url=http://invest-iq.net/2012/02/sberbank-completes-troika-dialog-acquisition/ |title=Sberbank completes Troika Dialog acquisition |work=Invest IQ |date=2012-02-09 |access-date=2012-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423042022/http://invest-iq.net/2012/02/sberbank-completes-troika-dialog-acquisition/ |archive-date=2012-04-23}}
=Troika Laundromat=
{{Main articles|Troika laundromat}}
Also known as ŪkioLeaks,{{cite news |url=https://www.15min.lt/verslas/naujiena/finansai/ukio-bankas-milijardines-pinigu-plovimo-sistemos-centre-662-1110846 |title=Ūkio bankas – milijardinės pinigų plovimo sistemos centre |trans-title=Ūkio bankas is at the center of the billion-dollar money laundering system |work=15min |last=Černiauskas |first=Šarūnas |date=4 March 2019 |access-date=23 November 2019 |language=Lithuanian}} Troika Laundromat was a collection of 70 offshore shell companies whose controllers used them to move billions of dollars of private wealth from Russia to the west. About $4.6bn was paid into the Troika network, and a similar sum was paid out of it. It was operated by staff at an independent arm of the Russian investment bank Troika Dialog, which has now been merged with one of Russia's two big state-owned banks. The network was like a washing machine: money arrived from many sources. Most transfers were at Lithuania's Ukio Bank, closed by the authorities in February 2013.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/04/qa-what-is-the-troika-laundromat-and-how-did-it-work |title=Q&A: what is the 'Troika Laundromat' and how did it work? |newspaper=The Guardian |last=Garside |first=Juliette |date=4 March 2019 |access-date=23 November 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/troikalaundromat/ |title=The Troika Laundromat |work=OCCRP |access-date=23 November 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.intellinews.com/russian-troika-dialog-bank-investigation-reveals-offshore-money-laundering-scheme-157452/ |title=Russian Troika Dialog bank investigation reveals offshore money laundering scheme |work=bne IntelliNews |date=6 March 2019 |access-date=23 November 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/the-troika-laundromat-five-quick-takeaways/29803199.html |title=The Troika Laundromat: Five Quick Takeaways |last=O'Conner |first=Colin |work=RFE/RL |date=4 March 2019 |access-date=23 November 2019}}
Operations
=Capital markets=
Equities. The company is active in Russian equity sales and trading.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}
Fixed Income. The company is an operator on the secondary ruble bond market and participant in the secondary Eurobond market.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} The company provides its clients with custody and clearing services for debt instruments, including settlement and clearing facilities DVP Euroclear.
Derivatives and Structured Products. The company, as the founding trading member of the RTS-FORTS index futures, continues to develop its role in the Derivatives marketplace.
Treasury. The company Treasury's key line of activity is hedging currency, interest rate and commodity risks faced by clients.
=Research=
The company's analysts actively monitor over 300 companies.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}
=Investment banking=
The company provides M&A services, including mergers, sell and buy-side advisory, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and fairness opinions. It provides clients with services including arranging and leading primary bond issues and secondary market trading and in-depth Fixed Income market research. Troika has managed and been involved in transactions by Western and Russian companies, both blue chip and rapid growth issuers, such as RAO UES of Russia, Russian Railways, AvtoVAZ, KamAZ, Sukhoi Aviation Corporation, Novorossiysk Commercial Seaport, Power Machines, NOVATEK, URSA Bank, Vozrozhdenie Bank, Vimpelcom, IBS, Pharmacy Chain 36.6, Wimm-Bill-Dann, Nidan, World Class, Fortum.{{cite web |url=http://invest-iq.net/?s=troika+dialog&x=0&y=0 |title=Troika Dialog's most important equity deals |work=Invest IQ |date=2009-12-06 |access-date=2019-11-23 |archive-date=2013-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609112415/http://invest-iq.net/?s=troika+dialog&x=0&y=0}}
=Asset management=
Founded in 1996, Troika Dialog Asset Management (TDAM) is a Russian asset manager.
=Personal investments and finance=
The company provides customer service to wealthy mass clients, offering a range of products.
=Alternative investments=
Troika Capital Partners (TCP) is an alternative investment business.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}
The Russia Forum
Since 2008 Troika Dialog organizes an annual three-day forum held in Moscow – “The Russia Forum”. The Forum follows a similar format to that of the Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in bringing together representatives of the international investor's community, Russian political and business leaders, public figures, celebrities and media to discuss Russia's involvement in the challenges facing Russia and the global economy.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
US, EU, Switzerland, and Ukraine sanctions: 2014–2022
After the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by Russia in 2014, the Obama administration imposed sanctions on 12 September 2014, through the US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) by adding Sberbank and other entities to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN).{{Cite web|title=Announcement of Expanded Treasury Sanctions within the Russian Financial Services, Energy and Defense or Related Materiel Sectors |url=https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl2629.aspx |publisher=US Department of the Treasury|date=12 September 2014|access-date=10 February 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Ukraine-related Sanctions: OFAC has implemented the following Ukraine-related Sanctions |url=https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20140912.aspx |publisher=US Department of the Treasury|date=12 September 2014|access-date=10 February 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Executive Order - Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine |date=20 March 2014 |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/20/executive-order-blocking-property-additional-persons-contributing-situat |publisher=The White House - Office of the Press Secretary|access-date=10 February 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20140320_33.aspx|title=Ukraine-related Designations|website=www.treasury.gov|access-date=6 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx|title=Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List (SDN) Human Readable Lists|website=www.treasury.gov|access-date=6 April 2018}}{{cite web|title=Ukraine conflict: US and EU widen sanctions on Russia |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28551391 |publisher=BBC |date=30 July 2014 |access-date=10 February 2018}}{{cite web | last = President of The United States | title = Ukraine EO13660 | url = https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/ukraine_eo.pdf | publisher = Federal Register | date = 10 March 2014 | access-date = 10 February 2018}}{{cite web | last = President of The United States | title = Ukraine EO13661 | url = https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/ukraine_eo2.pdf | publisher = Federal Register | date = 19 March 2014 | access-date = 10 February 2018}}{{cite web | last = President of The United States | title = Ukraine EO13662 | url = https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/ukraine_eo3.pdf | publisher = Federal Register | date = 24 March 2014 | access-date = 10 February 2018}} This was done in concert with 31 July 2014 addition of Sberbank to the European Union sanctions list.{{cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.137.01.0003.01.ENG|title=COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine |work=THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION |date=31 July 2014 |publisher=eur-lex.europa.eu |access-date=2018-02-10}}{{cite news|author1=Arshad Mohammed|author2=Bill Trott|title=U.S. steps up sanctions on Russia over Ukraine|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-usa-sanctions-idUSKBN0H71N320140912|access-date=12 September 2014|work=Reuters|date=12 September 2014}} Sanctions consist of access restriction to the EU and US capital markets.{{cite news|title=US Slams Russia With Punishing New Sanctions|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/new-russia-sanctions-obama-putin-ukraine-2014-9?IR=T|access-date=10 November 2015|publisher=Business Insider|date=12 September 2014}}{{cite news|title=Obama team unveils new Russia sanctions|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/12/obama-russia-sanctions-vladimir-putin/15502067/|access-date=10 November 2015|publisher=USA Today|date=12 September 2014}}{{cite news|title=Sweeping new US and EU sanctions target Russia's banks and oil companies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/12/russia-sanctions-us-eu-banks-sberbank-oil-gazprom|access-date=10 November 2015|work=The Guardian|date=12 September 2014}}
On 27 August 2014, Switzerland imposed sanctions on Sberbank, its subsidiaries, and other Russian financial institutions.{{cite news | last = Baertschi | first = Antje | title = Situation in Ukraine: Federal Council decides on further measures to prevent the circumvention of international sanctions | url = https://www.news.admin.ch/en/nsb?id=54221 | archive-date = 8 September 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140908113316/https://www.news.admin.ch/message/index.html?lang=en&msg-id=54221 | work = Switzerland: Federal Administration website | location = Bern | date = 27 August 2014 | access-date = 27 February 2018}}
On 22 December 2015, the United States imposed additional sanctions on Sberbank and its subsidiaries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl0314.aspx|title=Treasury Sanctions Individuals and Entities for Sanctions Evasion and Other Activities Related to Russia and Ukraine: Underscores U.S. Commitment To Work with the EU To Maintain The Efficacy of Existing Sanctions Until Russia Fully Complies With Its International Obligations With Respect To Ukraine|date=22 December 2015|publisher=US Department of the Treasury|access-date=10 February 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Russia/Ukraine-related Sanctions and Identifications: Specially Designated Nationals List Update |url=https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20151222.aspx |publisher=US Department of the Treasury|date=22 December 2015|access-date=10 February 2018}}
On 17 October 2016, Ukraine imposed sanctions against Sberbank Russia, Sberbank Leasing, and their payment systems Kolibri (Hummingbird), formerly Blitz (Ukrainian: «Колибри» стара назва – «Блиц») and Sberbank subsidiaries.{{cite news | script-title=ru:Украина запретила деятельность «Золотой Короны» и других платежных систем из РФ: Украина расширила санкции в отношении РФ, ограничив, среди прочего, деятельность ряда российских платежных систем. Соответствующее решение закреплено указом президента Украины № 467/2016, текст которого и соответствующие санкционные списки размещены на сайте главы государства | url = https://news.mail.ru/economics/27482781/ | work = mail.ru | agency = Interfax.ru | language = Russian | trans-title = Ukraine banned the activities of the "Golden Crown" and other payment systems from the Russian Federation: Ukraine has extended sanctions against the Russian Federation, limiting, among other things, the activities of a number of Russian payment systems. The corresponding decision is fixed by the decree of the President of Ukraine No. 467/2016, the text of which and corresponding sanctions lists are posted on the website of the head of state | date = 18 October 2016 | access-date = 27 February 2018}}{{cite news | last = Пороше́нко | first = Петро́ Олексі́йович | author-link = Petro Poroshenko | script-title=uk:УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №467/2016: Про рішення Ради національної безпеки і оборони України від 16 вересня 2016 року "Про застосування персональних спеціальних економічних та інших обмежувальних заходів (санкцій)" | url = https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4672016-20640 | work = President of Ukraine website | language = Ukrainian | trans-title = DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 467/2016: On the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine dated 16 September 2016 "On the application of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)" | date = 17 October 2016 | access-date = 27 February 2018}}{{cite web | last = Пороше́нко | first = Петро́ Олексі́йович | author-link = Petro Poroshenko | script-title=uk:Додаток 4 до рішення Ради національної безпеки і оборони України від 16 вересня 2016 року «Про застосування персональних спеціальних економічних та інших обмежувальних заходів (санкцій)» ЮРИДИЧНІ ОСОБИ, до яких застосовуються обмежувальні заходи (санкції) | url = https://www.president.gov.ua/storage/j-files-storage/00/35/66/91a596fbc7c677ebfaf5d2e33e7de19a_1476776807.pdf | language = Ukrainian | trans-title = Annex 4 to the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine from 16 September 2016 "On the Application of Personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)": ENTITIES, to which restrictive measures (sanctions) apply | pages = 63–4 (#155 Sberbank Russia), 69–70 (#167 Sberbank Leasing) | date = 17 October 2016 | access-date = 27 February 2018}}
On 15 March 2017, the president of Ukraine imposed sanctions on Sberbank and its subsidiaries (and other Russian state-owned banks operating in Ukraine: VTB Bank, BM Bank, Prominvestbank, and VS Bank (Ukrainian: ВіЕс Банк)) as part of its continued sanctions on Russia for its annexation of Crimea and involvement in the War in Donbas.[https://www.unian.info/economics/2055479-ukraine-blocks-sale-of-subsidiaries-of-russias-sberbank-veb-media.html Ukraine blocks sale of subsidiaries of Russia's Sberbank, VEB – media], UNIAN (29 July 2017){{cite news | last = Пороше́нко | first = Петро́ Олексі́йович | author-link = Petro Poroshenko | script-title=uk:УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №63/2017: Про рішення Ради національної безпеки і оборони України від 15 березня 2017 року ’'Про застосування персональних спеціальних економічних та інших обмежувальних заходів (санкцій)" | url = http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/632017-21474 | work = President of Ukraine website | language = Ukrainian | trans-title = DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 63/2017: On the decision of the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine dated 15 March 2017 "On the Application of Personal Special Economic and Other Restrictive Measures (Sanctions)" | date = 15 March 2017 | access-date = 28 February 2018}}{{cite web | last = Пороше́нко | first = Петро́ Олексі́йович | author-link = Petro Poroshenko | script-title=uk:Глава держави затвердив санкції щодо низки російських банків | url = http://www.president.gov.ua/news/glava-derzhavi-zatverdiv-sankciyi-shodo-nizki-rosijskih-bank-40418 | work = President of Ukraine website | language = Ukrainian | trans-title = The head of state has approved sanctions against a number of Russian banks | date = 16 March 2017 | access-date = 28 February 2018}}
On 25 February 2022 the banking licence of Sberbank in Ukraine was revoked.{{cite web |title=Ukraine c.bank revokes license of Russia's Sberbank subsidiary -Ifax |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/ukraine-cbank-revokes-license-russias-sberbank-subsidiary-ifax-2022-02-25/ |access-date=4 January 2023}}
On 1 April 2022 Sberbank CIB (UK) Limited went into Administration.{{cite web |title=Sberbank CIB (UK) Limited |url=http://www.sberbank-cib.co.uk |access-date=4 January 2022}}
The affairs of Sberbank CIB USA, Inc were placed into wound down from April 2022.{{cite web |title=Authorizing the Wind Down of Sberbank CIB USA, Inc. |url=https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/russia_gl21.pdf |access-date=4 January 2023}}
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Sources
- [https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2005-96.htm SEC Press-release]
- [http://www.troika.ru/doc_eng_user.jsp?category_id=01A06403-0000-0000-0000-00003E0BBB41&document_id=0987E263-0000-0000-0000-000015C027D8 Troika's press-release]
- [http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article.shtml?2007/01/25/119517 Article] in Vedomosti (in Russian)
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