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20.09.2007

A company from Taganrog is a finalist of international environmental contest

On September 19 in London there took place a rewarding ceremony of international contest in the sphere of ecology and sustainable development FT Environmental Awards, established by The Financial Times newspaper and Citi Private Bank. OJSC Heat and Energy Enterprise for Heat Network “Teploenergo” (Taganrog, Rostov region) became the finalist of given prestige international contest.

12.09.2007

Bank Center-invest occupied the TOP-50 of leading Russian banks and entered the TOP-5 of largest banks by lending to SMEs

Web-site RBC.ru published a rating of the «TOP-300 universal banks in the first half of 2007». Bank Center-invest took the 46-th position according to aggregate financial indicators among the largest Russian banks.

07.09.2007

Bank Center-invest and EBRD develop socially important projects in the South of Russia

On September 7 in Sochi Center-invest Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed an agreement on granting a syndicated loan amounting to RUR 1 billion for the term of 7 years to Bank Center-invest. Funds will be allocated to the development of mortgage lending and implementation of energy-saving technologies in the South of Russia. It is planned that FMO (De Nederlandse Financierings Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV) will become a participant of the syndication.

21.07.2007

KfW-bank and Center-invest Bank discussed investment projects in the South of Russia

On July 20-22 a meeting of KfW bank (Germany) and Center-invest Bank took place in Volgograd. German delegation was headed by the Chairman of Board of Managing Directors of KfW, Mrs. Ingrid Matthäus-Maier while the largest Bank of the South of Russia was represented by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC CB “Center-invest”, professor Vasily V. Vysokov, doctor in economics, and Independent director, ex-president of “Deutsche Bundesbank”, Ernst Welteke.

12.07.2007

Center-invest Bank became a holder of “Golden certificate of confidence”

On July 10, a meeting of Rostov region Administration and European Business Association delegation (EBA) took place in Center-invest Bank.

21.06.2007

Center-invest Bank introduced the South of Russia at the annual investors’ forum in Moscow

On June 18-20, the 11-th annual conference of investors of Renaissance Capital took place in Moscow. During the conference the reports were given by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank Center-invest, President of the Endowment Fund “Education and Science of SFD”, Dr. Vasily V. Vysokov, and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of the Bank Olga V. Vysokova.

14.06.2007

Center-invest Bank entered the TOP-2000 of the largest world banks.

In June “Rus-Rating” Agency raised credit rating of OJSC CB “Center-invest” from “BB” up to “BB+” level, “stable” (see annex №1).

08.06.2007

IFC: Russian banker took silver in the Financial Times Sustainable Bankers of the Year Award

Vasily Vysokov, head of the Rostov-based bank Center-invest, was the runner-up in the international sustainable banking contest, sponsored by the Financial Times and International Finance Corporation.