OREANDA-NEWS. Renaissance Capital, the leading emerging markets investment bank, has appointed David Ferguson Head of Consumer, Media & IT Research, and Nick Robinson Consumer, Media & IT analyst, for Russia.

Ferguson and Robinson already cover EMEA Media, IT and Real Estate at Renaissance Capital, having been with the Firm for six and one year, respectively. The addition of consumer stocks will complement their diverse coverage list.

Vladimir Sklyar, Head of Russian Research at Renaissance Capital, said: “Renaissance is committed to research excellence, and is proud of the pre-eminent quality of its research team. David is a model analyst, with vast experience of multi-sector coverage. The addition of the high-profile Russian consumer research franchise is a broader mandate, and well-deserved recognition of his success and long tenure with the Firm. Nick has been working alongside David, and has proved himself an up-and-coming top level analyst.”

The newly formed team will roll out coverage of the largest Russian consumer stocks during 2Q13, with the broader space to be brought under coverage during the rest of 2013.

Renaissance Capital has an award-winning team of 35 EMEA analysts, covering a wide array of sectors in Russia, the CIS, Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Turkey.