OREANDA-NEWS. Veles Capital Investment Company won the Investor Awards 2014 for Best corporate strategy. The award is organized by media group RСB and designed to mark the companies and projects demonstrating the effective capital management and being an example of long-term investments in the Russian economy.

The award was presented in seven nominations. The best companies were selected by authoritative independent jury chaired by Alexander Kolan'kov, Head of Department of financial literacy and interaction with civil society (former President of the media group RCB) and Alexey Novikov, Director of Thomson Reuters Russia and CIS.

"The strategy has remained unchanged over the years and is aimed to keep sustainable development of investment services, suggesting a high degree of conservatism in relation to the potential risks and allowing to maintain customer trust and an impeccable reputation for almost 20 years", - said Alexey Gnedovsky, CEO of Veles Capital IC. He also thanked the jury for the high evaluation of corporate strategy.

Investor Awards has been given since 2011 for the most significant achievements in the field of investment in order to promote the best investment practices and raise standards of work in capital markets.

Veles Capital Investment Company has been operating at the Russian financial market since 1995 and renders financial services on stock market for large corporate and private clients as well as in the sphere of private equity and real estate investment. Veles Capital is one of the only few Russian investment companies rated by international rating agency S&P (В+/B/RuA/stable; upgraded in December 2013) and by National Rating Agency (ААA /maximum reliability; upgraded in March 2014).