OREANDA-NEWS. May 3, 2012. Russia’s Finance Ministry hereby informs about the results of investing funds of the Reserve Fund and the National Wealth Fund as of May 1, 2012.

The Reserve Fund

The aggregate amount of the Reserve Fund was 1 825.28 billion rubles, which is equivalent to 62.16 billion US dollars. The amounts of balances in separate accounts to record funds of the Reserve Fund were:

 27.42 billion US dollars

 21.45 billion euros;

 3.88 billion pounds sterlings.

The aggregate calculated income from placing funds of the Reserve Fund in foreign currency accounts of the Bank of Russia recalculated in dollars for a period from January 15 to April 30, 2012 was 0.13 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to 3.94 billion rubles. The exchange rate difference from recalculating balances of funds in the said accounts for a period from January 1 to April 30, 2012 was a negative value of (-)76.61 billion rubles.

The National Wealth Fund

In order to co-finance the formation of pension savings of insured persons who paid additional insurance premiums on a funded portion of their labor pension in 2011, a part of the National Wealth Fund’s financial resources in the foreign currencies in the Bank of Russia’s accounts, namely, 0.06 billion US dollars, 0.04 billion euros and 0.01 pounds sterlings was sold for 3.86 billion rubles and the funds received was placed into the account to record funds of the federal budget.

The aggregate amount of the National Wealth Fund was 2 .619.52 billion rubles which is equivalent to 89.21 billion US dollars including:

1)     In separate accounts to record funds of the National Wealth Fund with the Bank of Russia:

 27.66 billion US dollars;

 24.15 billion euros;

 4.39 billion pounds sterlings;

2)     437.02 billion rubles and 6.25 billion US dollars were deposited with Vnesheconombank.

In April of 2012, incomes from placing the National Wealth Fund’s financial resources on Vnesheconombank’s deposits in the amount of 7.66 billion rubles which is equivalent to 0.26 billion dollars were transferred to the federal budget. The aggregate income from placing the Fund’s financial resources on Vnesheconombank’s deposits was 15.10 billion rubles or 0.50 billion US dollars from January to April of 2012.

The aggregate calculated income from placing funds of the National Wealth Fund in foreign currency accounts of the Bank of Russia recalculated in dollars for a period for a period from January 15 to April 30, 2012, was 0.17 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to 4.96 billion rubles. The exchange rate difference from recalculating balances of funds in the said accounts from January 15 to 30 April of 2012 was a negative value of (-) 153.32 billion rubles. The exchange rate difference from recalculating funds placed on Vnesheconombank’s deposits was a negative value of (-) 17.72 billion rubles.

Indicators of the aggregate amount of the Reserve Fund and the National Wealth Fund as well as of calculated incomes from placing funds of the Reserve Fund and the National Wealth Fund were calculated on the basis of official exchange rates of foreign currencies set by the Bank of Russia as of the date prior to the reporting date and of cross rates calculated on the basis of the said exchange rates.

Detailed statistics on transactions with funds of the Reserve Fund and the National Wealth Fund is posted on the Internet site of the Russian Finance Ministry in the following sections: “The Reserve Fund” and “The National Wealth Fund” in appropriate subsections in Russian and English, the statistics is updated on a regular basis.