OREANDA-NEWS. December 16, 2015. The Bank of Russia established a fact of repeated and continuous abuse of the market of investment units of Rozhdestvensky, closed-end real estate unit investment fund (real estate CUIF), during the trading on CJSC MICEX SE in 2012-2014.

The trading activity in the market of investment units of Rozhdestvensky, real estate CUIF, during the period under consideration was fully maintained by deals made under prior agreement between the following interconnected entities: IC Talan LLC, Deal-tag LLC, Dmitry Solntsev, Romix LLC, Thayctel LTD, Technostroy LLC and CJSC Energoinvest.

IC Talan LLC, Dmitry Solntsev, Deal-tag LLC, Technostroy LLC, CJSC Energoinvest and Romix LLC made deals aimed at increasing the market value of investment units of Rozhdestvensky, real estate CUIF. As the investment unit reached its maximum value during the trading, Technostroy LLC and CJSC Energoinvest purchased the investment unit of Rozhdestvensky, real estate CUIF, from Thayctel LTD, a non-resident company registered in the Republic of Cyprus. Afterwards, IC Talan LLC, Dmitry Solntsev, Deal-tag LLC, Technostroy LLC, CJSC Energoinvest and Romix LLC made deals aimed at bringing the market price of the investment unit down. As the market price of the investment unit of Rozhdestvensky, real estate CUIF, fell to the level of the imputed value of the investment unit, Thayctel LTD made reverse transactions to purchase investment units from Technostroy LLC, CJSC Energoinvest and other trading participants.

Thereby, deals with investment units were repeatedly made during the trading on CJSC MICEX SE as a result of which Thayctel LTD systematically gained income, while Technostroy LLC, CJSC Energoinvest, Romix LLC and IC Talan LLC suffered losses, and the actions of IC Talan LLC, CJSC Energoinvest, Technostroy LLC, Deal-tag LLC, Romix LLC and Thayctel LTD in the market of investment units of Rozhdestvensky, real estate CUIF, were aimed at creating favourable and appropriate conditions for systematic transfer of funds into a foreign jurisdiction.

Deals with investment units of Rozhdestvensky, real estate CUIF, made by the said persons during the period under consideration resulted in considerable deviation in price and/or trading volume of these investment units, and considered to be market abuse pursuant to Clause 2 of Part 1 of Article 5 of Federal Law No. 224-FZ ‘On Countering the Misuse of Insider Information and Market Manipulation and Amending Certain Laws of the Russian Federation and the Related Regulations’.

Market abuse is a gross violation of the Russian legislation.

The Bank of Russia decided to cancel the licence of professional securities market participant to carry out dealer activity of IC Talan LLC.

Bank of Russia cancelled qualification certificates of financial market specialists of the officials of IC Talan LLC involved in deals made by professional securities market participants which resulted in the abuse of market of Rozhdestvensky, real estate CUIF.

The Bank of Russia sent the persons who had manipulated the market of Rozhdestvensky, real estate CUIF, instructions on non-admission of similar violations in future.