AllEquityFunds Launches the First English Journal on Private Equity in Russia and the CIS

(I-Newswire) February 19, 2010 - AIIEquityFunds (AEF) is also the owner of the largest Russian Web portal on private equity AllEquityFunds.com. The aim of the journal is to provide necessary information to foreign investors in order to help them understand opportunities and particularities of private equity investments in the CIS countries.

“The image of private equity market in Russia and the CIS for foreign investors is often false and distorted. Also investors have insufficient information on the market in order to make the right decisions,” says Fedor Lamykin, Editor of Private Equity Russia&CIS Journal. “Our journal is aimed to solve that problems and intends to develop positive image of Russia and the CIS for private equity investors.”

The target audience for the journal is foreign institutional investors, private equity funds, private investors and companies that are looking for investments from private equity funds.

“Implementation of effective strategy for any company is impossible without usage of financial strategy instruments such as loans, bonds, etc.” says Pavel Samiev, Deputy General Director of Expert RA. “Investments from private equity funds is one of such instruments. Besides that, by virtue of its long time, possibility of using the accumulated experience of fund managers in strategic development of companies and a number of other features it becomes a very attractive instrument for business, its development could result in great positive effects for companies.”

“The total sum of deals with private equity funds in Russia, the largest market in the region, was about US $ 750 million in 2009,” says Vladimir Baydin, Managing Director of AIIEquityFunds. “The volume of new funds announced in 2009 is about US $ 2 billion. In our opinion, the sum of current investments and the volume of funds do not correspond to the potential and opportunities of the Russian and the CIS markets. Our journal, PERCIS, aims to contribute to development of private equity market in the region.”

The first issue of the journal will be distributed at no charge at private equity events in London, Hong Kong and Moscow. Also the electronic version of the issue - is in free access for the authorized users at AIIEquityFunds.com Web portal.

“Foreign investors are poorly familiar with particularities of Russian private equity market. That is why many of them refuse to invest in Russia,” says Anna Skvortsova, Managing Director of Ledokol Capital Management private equity fund. “This journal would make it possible for foreign investors to better know the opportunities in the Russian market, also it would help Russian funds to attract foreign investors. It would be of much interest for such investors to know more about particularities in making M&A deals in Russia, about the largest market players and many other things. I think that it is the right time to start the journal, the market is ready for it.”

About AIIEquityFunds
AIIEquityFunds (AEF - http://www.allequityfunds.com/) – media group, owner of the only English private equity journal in the CIS - Private Equity Russia&CIS Journal (http://www.percis.ru/), owner of the largest Russian private equity Web portal in the region – AllEquityFunds.com. Started in April 2009, AEF became the leading source of information on private equity in the region, followed by thousands of private equity investors and professionals throughout the world.

Contacts:
Vladimir Baydin
Managing Director
AllEquityFunds
P: +7 916 268 44 67
E: vladimir.baydin@allequityfunds.ru

AllEquityFunds 2009-2010

About AllEquityFunds:
AllEquityFunds (AEF) - the largest society of private equity professionals in Russia and CIS. Started in April 2009, AEF became the leading source of information on private equity in the region, followed by thousands of users throughout the world.

Company Contact Information
AllEquityFunds
Vladimir Baydin
Moscow, Russia Federation
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Phone : +7-916-268-44-67