OREANDA-NEWS. December 18, 2009. Rating results for 9M09 released by the Russian Association of Leasing Companies show Uniastrum-Bank-owned Uniastrum Leasing in 4th place for real estate leasing and one of the nation’s Top-20 leasers by new business volumes, reported the press-centre of Uniastrum.

The Russian Association of Leasing Companies has compiled a survey of the leasing market based on results for 9M09. The object of the survey was to take an analytical snapshot of the sector as a whole with a view to establishing leasing company rankings. The project included conducting a questionnaire survey of 54 leasing companies, analyzing the Russian leasing market’s headline indicators, as well as new business volumes, number of concluded contracts, etc.

Based on H109 results, Uniastrum Leasing emerged as one of the Top-20 leasers working in the small business and medium-sized segments, securing 13th place and 15th place, respectively.

On September 1, 2009, Uniastrum Leasing LLC merged with Cyprus Leasing LLC, enabling the former not only to boost its leasing portfolio, but also to harness new, advanced strategies and knowhow.

As of October 1, 2009, the volume of contracts concluded by the company leapt 7.4-fold on the year-earlier figure. Meantime, its leasing portfolio expanded 2.8-fold YTD, climbing to Rb 909 mn.

Uniastrum Leasing’s product options include “Finance-Leasing”, a program for corporate clients (loans from Rb 20 mn upwards or US700,000, repayable over a 13-60 month period, with upfront payment ranging from 25-49%, annual appreciation on lease item from 5%), “SME Leasing” (loans varying from Rb 500,000 to Rb 20 mn, or US 15 – US 700,000, repayable over a 13-60 month period, with upfront payment ranging from 25-49%, annual appreciation on leased item from 9%), and “Real Estate Leasing” (loans from Rb 10 mn or US 15,000, repayable over a 13-120 month period, with upfront payment ranging from 30-49%, annual appreciation on lease item from 5%).

For more details, go to: http://leasing.uniastrum.ru/