OREANDA-NEWS. August 01, 2011. Over the six months of 2011, Sviaz-Bank improved significantly its standing in the investment banking services market. According to rankings published by Cbonds Information Agency* for the six months of 2011, Sviaz-Bank is among the leaders of the Russian market for bond issue management and offering, reported the press-centre of Sviaz-Bank.

Sviaz-Bank is in fourth place, with a total underwriter’s quota of 28.5 billion rubles, in the rankings of leading bond offering underwriters in the domestic market and underwriters in the corporate sector.

The Bank is ranked fifth, with 19.8 billion rubles, among investment banks offering bond issues denominated in rubles in the corporate sector, less banks and financial institutions.

With a manager’s quota of 25.8 billion rubles, the Bank is sixth among the leading managers of corporate issues, and also sixth, with total offerings of 22.8 billion rubles, in the rankings of market bond issue managers.

Since early 2010, Sviaz-Bank has been involved in managing and offering bonds issued by Vnesheconombank, the Russian Agricultural Bank OJSC, FSUE Post of Russia, the Akron Group, Mechel OJSC, Magnitogorsk Steel Plant OJSC, EurasHolding-Finance LLC, RusHydro OJSC, Kuzbassenergo-Finance LLC, KOKS OJSC, and TransFin-M LLC, among others.

* The Cbonds Agency’s rankings of managers and underwriters show investment banks’ activity in the primary bond market by the size of bond offerings and number of issues offered, with consideration only given to issues that are to be offered to a broad segment of investors.