EMEAFINANCE ANNOUNCES TROIKA DIALOG RUSSIA’S BEST INVESTMENT BANK

ARKA
May 19, 2009

YEREVAN, May 19. /ARKA/. The emeafinance magazine has announced Troika
Dialog the best local investment bank in Russia as part of the CEE &
CIS Banking Awards 2008, Ameriabank’s press service reports.

The magazine annually awards the best banks of the Central Asia,
Eastern Europe and CIS.

The CEE & CIS Banking Awards recognise some of the leading banks hat
stand out among their peers, demonstrate leadership in their home
markets, the ones that top the performance and deal making tables
are being honoured.

In the article Courage, mon brave published in the May issue, the
journal cites Standard Bank procuring 30% of Troika’s shares. The
authors of the article believe the bank’s principal shareholder Ruben
Vardanyan can still freely manage his bank.

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industry in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region, is
the only periodical dedicated exclusively to report financial events,
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