In November last year bne ran a cover story CEE Booms as the countries, especially in Central Europe came into their own. However, the boom seems to have peaked as the same countries start running into structural limits. Labour markets across the region are drum tight. Wages are rising rapidly. And the general geopolitical tensions are unsettling investors. bne IntelliNews’s editor-in-chief Ben Aris talks to Elliott Auckland, chief economist at the multinational development bank International…  Read more

Jozef Kollar, 56-year-old economist and politician from Slovakia, started working as Deputy Chairman of the Board at the International Investment Bank in March 2016 after the bank opened its first European regional office in Bratislava. Currently, IIB member whose headquarters are located in Moscow, include such countries as Bulgaria, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Mongolia, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Vietnam. The main activities of this bank are supporting small and medium businesses in…  Read more

Russia’s capital market for ecological projects lags well behind the best global practices By Vasily Stolbunov International and Russian experience in green financing were the focus of discussion at a recent round table event held by ICC Russia’s Commission on the Economics of Climate Change and Sustainable Development. According to the statistics presented at the forum, the Russian market currently lags well behind global trends. Nevertheless, there are also positive signals: major banks…  Read more

The Cuban daily Granma newspaper published a report on the visit of the delegation of the International Investment Bank led by the Deputy Chairman of the Board Denis Ivanov to the Republic of Cuba and its meeting with the Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Mr. Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz. Kindly find the online version of the report (link) and its translation into English (link).  Read more