Yasin to Speak at the Dow Jones Russian Investment Forum
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997--The Russian Federation's Minister of the Economy Yevgeni Yasin will be a keynote speaker at The Dow Jones Russian Investment Forum.
The theme of this year's forum is Russia in Transition: Below the Surface -- The Challenges and Opportunities Ahead. The forum is being held Dec.3-4 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York.
Besides Mr. Yasin, the speakers and panelists include Lawrence Summers, U.S. Treasury deputy secretary; Dan Lubash, managing director, European emerging markets, Merrill Lynch; Maxim Shashenkov, chief executive officer, Alfa Brokerage; Richard Hisey, managing director, Lexington Troika Dialog Russia Fund [Nasdaq:LETRX - news]; and Daniel Arbess, president, Taiga Capital Group. Topics to be addressed by expert panelists are:
- Macro-Economic and Political Developments.
- Creation of the Private Sector.
- Shareholder Rights -- The Legal Issues.
- The Investment Landscape -- Equities, Bonds, Direct Investments.
- Overview of the Tax Climate.
- Investing in the CIS: The Experience in the Ukraine.
- The New Opportunities -- Gas Distribution, Industrial and Consumer
Products, Energy, Pharmaceuticals.
Other panelists are Mark Cooke, chief investment officer, Brunswick Capital Management; Pavel Dorossevitch, senior analyst, Pioneer Securities; Theodore Roosevelt, managing director, Lehman Brothers; Yuri Milner, deputy chairman, Bank Menatep; Genrikh Pavda, general director, Chadbourne & Parke; Kevin Norville, partner, Deloitte & Touche CIS; Neil Greer, chief executive officer, Regent European Securities; William Browder, managing director, Hermitage Capital Management; Anders Aslund; senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Charles Harman, chief executive officer, MC Securities; and Patrick Durkin, managing director, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. The Dow Jones Russian Investment Forum is sponsored by Alfa Capital, Deloitte & Touche, Bank Menatep, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Lehman Brothers, Brunswick Capital Management, Taiga Capital Group, Lexington Troika Dialog Russia Fund, Chadbourne & Parke, MC-BBL, Regent European Securities and Pioneer Securities.
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Maybe I chickened out of this fund too early! |
