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March 17, 2009
IFC METROPOL served as the organizer of presentation seminar of JCS Gazprom for Japanese investors
On March 13, 2009, at the conference hall of the Mandarin
Oriental Hotel Tokyo, in Tokyo Gazprom presentation seminar for
Japanese investors was held. IFC METROPOL became the organizer of
the seminar.
Despite the global economic crisis, this event caused a tremendous
interest in Japanese financial circles. The seminar was attended by
more than 160 people representing leading Japanese banks, as well
as brokerages and asset management companies such as the Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, the
Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nomura Securities, Daiwa
SMBC Securities, Meiji Dresdner, JP Morgan Asset Management, Fortis
Asset Management, and others. Besides financial companies, the
seminar was also attended by universal commercial companies that
included Gazprom’s partners in the Sakhalin 2 project – the Mitsui
& Co, the Mitsubishi Corporation, the Itochu Corporation, and
the Marubeni Corporation – as well as such major energy companies
as Tokyo Gas, Tokyo Electric, Chubu Electric, and Shikoku
Electric.
IFC METROPOL Director General M.V. Slipenchuk made brief opening
remarks at the start of the presentation. He emphasized that this
event not only demonstrated the mutual interest between business
circles of Russia and Japan, but also underlined a logical
continuation of the cooperation between IFC METROPOL and
Gazprom. Within the framework of this cooperation in 2006 a
similar presentation of Gazprom was staged for Japanese
investors. In November 2007, IFC METROPOL served as the
financial consultant during Gazprom’s issue of Yen-denominated
bonds, whose volume stood at $500 million.
The opening remarks were followed by presentations from the Deputy
Chairman of JSC Gazprom Management Committee, Andrei Kruglov, who
also serves as Head of JSC Gazprom Finance and Economics
Department, and the Deputy Head of JSC Gazprom Finance and Economic
Department, I.I. Shatalov. They provided a detailed account
of the company’s business activities and main projects, including
Sakhalin 2, which has come to symbolize Russian-Japanese
cooperation, as well the company’s development outlook. After
completing their presentations, the speakers responded to question
from seminar participants.
Responding to questions from the hall as the seminar came to a
close, A. V. Kruglov announced that JSC Gazprom intends to step up
its work with Japanese investors. And making a concrete step
in this direction, A. V. Kruglov invited a group of Japanese
financial company representatives to visit Russia in the fall of
2009 and tour the company’s main gas deposits, thus better
familiarizing themselves with JSC Gazprom’s operations. A. V.
Kruglov noted that this trip would be organized jointly with IFC
METROPOL representative office in Tokyo.
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