In this article we offer a principally new method of brand valuation. Let’s mention the bounds of application of this approach. The method can be used for the companies which have the brand, the mature market of the common shares and the market of share depositary receipt. The core of the...

We argue that mainstream FDI theory underplays financial motivations for international investment, and suggest several possible channels for a distinct cost-of-capital effect on FDI. Using a sample of European firms' cross-border acquisitions, and controlling for traditional firm-level...

This paper evaluates the impact of developments in the understanding of asset value pricing for alternative legal standards for takeover defenses: the management discretion and the shareholder rights positions. Both sides place considerable, albeit implicit, reliance on alternative views of the...

December 2015 saw crude oil prices plunge, hitting 2008 lows. This pushed down the MICEX Index (5.7%) and all sector indices (except transport and chemical industries) and Russian blue-chip stocks (except VTB). MICEX average daily turnover and capitalization was down 7.8% and 7.7%, respectively,...

The MICEX Index in the period between 27 October and 26 November 2015 increased 6.8% to 1712 points as oil prices fell. Sberbank reported two consecutive months of return on equity higher than other blue chips. The Moscow Exchange trade turnover and overall capitalization continued to increase....

Over the course of February 2015, the MICEX Index continued to grow and hit its four-year record high of 1,809.6 points. The stock market's capitalization index as of 25 February amounted to Rb 27.4 trillion (or 38.6% of GDP). As before, the situation in Russia's domestic corporate bond market...

The MICEX Index skyrocketed in January 2015, gaining 16.44% in the period between the 5th and 26th of January. The Index hit its highest 1671.8 points on the 23th of January. At the same time, the crude oil Brent futures price dropped to 48,1 US dollars a barrel in the same month. The stock...

In 2014, the domestic money market saw the onset of a new wave of crisis, manifesting itself in capital outflow, a world's record plunge of the Russian stock indices, the ruble's devaluation, the surge in the key interest rate and interest rates in the interbank lending market. It is external...

The MICEX index fell to 1413.8 points by the 17th of December, following the five-year highs early in December. It is only VTB's shares that demonstrated growth among highly liquid shares during the same month. The stock market capitalization as of the 19th of December amounted to Rb 22,3...

In November, the MICEX index was driven by the substantial devaluation of the ruble and reached another record-high-level of 1538.9 points during the year. It is the metalworking sector index that became a leader among the sector indices in November, up 12.1% since the beginning of the month....