VTB Capital has appointed Xin Lin and Wei Chen to its Hong Kong office, as part of VTB Capital’s growing business in the Asia-Pacific region. Lin has been appointed as VTB Capital’s head of multiproduct sales for China, where she will be responsible for sales & origination and fixed income across Chinese corporate, investor and financial institutional clients.

VTB Capital has acquired a minority stake in National Satellite Company, a Russian satellite TV operator. VTB Capital as a global investment bank and a financial investor will help Tricolor TV to increase value of its assets and get prepared for an IPO in few years.

VTB Capital acted as a senior co-manager on the Bank of America Corporation‘s $4 billion domestic bond offering. VTB Capital became the first Russian bank to participate in such a transaction.

A VTB Capital-led consortium, which includes its local partner Tzvetan Vassilev, the sole owner of Bromak EOOD, has acquired a controlling stake in Vivacom, an integrated telecom operator in Bulgaria. The deal is part of the continued expansion of VTB Capital’s business in the CEE region.

VTB Capital has appointed Raza Agha as chief economist for Middle East and Africa. He will be based in London and will report to Alexander Pukhaev and Dmitry Dmitriev, global co-heads of research at VTB Capital, and regionally to Makram Abboud, CEO Middle East & Africa for VTB Capital.

VTB Capital Venture Business, a Moscow-based venture firm, has led an $18 million Series C round in Fast Lane Ventures, an Internet media company in Russia that has launched 18 properties over its two-year history, two of which have been purchased by strategic investors. Fast Lane has raised more than $60 million to date, including [...]

Oktogo.ru, a Russian online hotel booking and travel company, has raised $10 million from VTB Capital, the investment arm of Russian bank VTB and existing investors Mangrove Capital Partners, Ventech Capital and ABRT. The new investment will bring the total equity capital raised by Oktogo.ru to $15 million. PRESS RELEASE Oktogo.ru, the leading Russian online [...]

Eccentex Corp. said its raised  $7.5 million in a round led by VTB Capital. The capital is the cloud-based case management company’s first venture funding and will allow for continue company’s expansion PRESS RELEASE Eccentex Raises $7.5 Million in Series A Funding to Expand the Company’s Leadership in PaaS Cloud Computing Solutions for Dynamic Case [...]