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International Bank for Economic Co-operation takes part in a subscription to new "green" bonds of the Russian Railways. The yield on securities at the time of the placement is 7.25% per annum, which corresponds to a 1.65% premium to the yield on Russian federal loan bonds (OFZs). This is the largest environmental bond placement on the Russian market. Great interest from investors allowed the issuer to increase the volume five times - from 20 to 100 billion rubles. The issue was recognized by the Expert RA rating agency as complying with the Green Bond Principles of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the Russian national methodology developed under the supervision of VEB.RF. The funds raised will be used to finance environmental projects of Russian Railways. “The environmental agenda is one of the i...

International Bank for Economic Co-operation has supported the export of Russian industrial products to Uzbekistan. The guarantee in the amount of USD 5 million was issued in favor of CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW (RF) on behalf of Agrobank (Uzbekistan) as a security for a loan provided to finance foreign trade contracts.

IBEC delegation held a meeting with Ms. Mariyana Nikolova, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria in charge of Economic and Demographic Policy and Minister of Tourism. Boyko Kotsev, member of the IBEC Board and former Ambassador of Bulgaria to Russia, provided information on the Bank’s financial support for Bulgarian oil and gas, pharmaceutical, telecommunications and insurance sectors, as well as financing of Bulgarian exports.

International Bank for Economic Co-operation takes part in the implementation of foreign trade contracts of the largest Russian exporter, Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant PJSC, providing for the supply of pipes of various nomenclatures from Russia to Uzbekistan. IBEC confirmed several letters of credit from Uzpromstroybank for a total amount of almost USD 2 million for up to 5 months.