Russia

Alexander Krapivko, manager of the newly launched Renaissance Russian Equity Allocation fund, will be among the speakers at Investment Week's exclusive Rising Stars event on 7 September in London.

The Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) International Business Summit is to be held at Mansion House, London on 29th September with a keynote speech from former Lord Mayor of London, Sir John Stuttard.

Latest appointments, moves and events in the international investment sector.

HSBC has launched the first ETF in Europe to physically replicate Russian equities.

Db x-trackers has listed three emerging market ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, tracking equities across Asia, Russia and Brazil.

Small cap ETFs may be a better way of accessing Russia's economy than investing in large cap funds, according to Morningstar's Ben Johnson.

HSBC intends to launch three ETFs investing in global real estate, Russian and Chinese equities, alongside plans to further extend its emerging market coverage.

A delegation from Guernsey's finance industry is visiting Moscow this month to learn more about the potential opportunities for the two centres to do business together.

Structured products are back in demand in the Central and Eastern European region and a conference staged by EastEuroLink sets out to examine the growing opportunities in the sector.

Diego Higuera, investment research analyst at OBSR, picks his top emerging Europe funds.