22 December 2008

Ufanet found an investor

The private equity fund Volga River One which is managed by ex-managers of MDM-bank became a co-owner of large regional provider "Ufanet" 

Anastasia Golicina
Vedomosti

22.12.2008, №242 (2264)

14 February 2007

Investors came for Genser. Volga River One Capital Partners have invested in the auto retail business.

1 October 2006

ALEXEY PANFEROV made his name at MDM Bank. Now he intends to use his reputation to raise $300 million.

Nowadays, we would say he was engaged in retailing. Previously they would have said that he was a hawker.

18 September 2006

The former head of the Investment department at MDM bank, Alexey Panferov, has founded NRG Advisors company to manage private equity funds. Greeting Mr. Panferov’s decision, his competitors nonetheless believe that this ambitious financier could encounter problems.

In the West, investment bankers often move to private equity funds. For example, Jerome Kohlberg and George Roberts, founders of the famous private equity fund in America, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, worked at investment bank Bear Stearns prior to starting on their own.

3 July 2006

The ex-deputy chairman of the board of MDM Bank, Alexey Panferov, will test his abilities in today’s ‘fashionable’ field of private equity investments. ‘Business’ newspaper recently learned that he has founded the management company New Russia Growth, which invests the capital of high wealth individuals in fast-growing businesses in CIS countries.
To begin with, the company shall raise $250 million (US).