Cbonds (www.cbonds.info) is an information project of Cbonds.ru Ltd. devoted to fixed income markets in Russia, Ukraine and CIS countries. The site provides comprehensive information on the debt market events, traces news and market opportunities, maintains a debt securities database covering all issues of debt securities. Apart from the information on debt markets of Russia, Ukraine and CIS countries the site offers coverage of the most important global bond market news.
Cbonds.info site provides information in two languages: Russian and English.
The daily site audience amounts to more than 5,000 unique visitors from 60 countries, whose activity is connected with the fixed income market. The bulk of the visitors come from Russia, Ukraine, USA, UK, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Germany, CIS countries.
Access to Cbonds.info site materials is free of charge so the data are available for a broad range of market participants. That makes the site an effective tool for information promotion.
Cbonds.ru Ltd is an independent, non-affiliated information provider, keeping an objective and unprejudiced position when providing data.
Within the framework of our activities in the field of bond market information support we work for establishing partner relations with major market participants - investment banks, issuers, trading floors, regulatory bodies. This, in turn, gives us prompt access to the information right from the market participants' hands.
History of Cbonds
Informational resource CBONDS (www.cbonds.ru) was established in June 2000 and initially was devoted to the Russian corporate bond market. "Cbonds.ru" Ltd was registered in June 2001. Then the site coverage was widened to the Russian debt market in general, afterwards it was expanded to CIS countries and global markets.
Milestones of CBONDS development
March 2000 - launch of bondmarket.newmail.ru (the Cbonds prototype)
June 2000 - opening of www.cbonds.ru site
June 26th, 2001 - "Cbonds.ru" Ltd registered
May 2002 - launch of the site on the Ukrainian debt market
October 2002 -launch of the site on the world debt market
February 2003 - English version of the site opened
June 2003 - Cbonds started activities in Kiev, Ukraine
April 1st, 2004 - all Cbonds sites integrated in the www.cbonds.info site framework
2004 - Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Belarus sections opened
November 2006 - first issue of Cbonds Review Magazine
October 2007 - launch of Loans.Cbonds.Info, an information resource covering the syndicated loan market in Russia and CIS.
Cbonds Conferences
We have been arranging professional financial market conferences since 2003. The company has successfully held more than 30 events in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and other countries. Cbonds conferences presuppose an intense agenda, a wide range of participants, exciting informal activities. The majority of Cbonds conferences are held annually.
Our largest conferences:
Russian Bond Congress. It is the oldest (held since 2003) and the largest event, attracting more than 700 participants. The congress is the biggest fixed income market conference held annually at the beginning of December in Saint-Petersburg.
Ukrainian Bond Congress. It is the largest fixed income market conference in Ukraine gathering more than 200 participants. It is held annually in the second half of April.
CIS and Baltic States Bond Congress. The congress is a unique event drawing market professionals from all CIS countries and Baltic States. The conference atkes place annually in the end of June in a financial centre of these countries (2004 - Kiev, 2005 - Almaty, 2006 - Riga, 2007 - Baku) attracting more then 200 participants.
Russian Equity Congress. The 1st congress took place in May 2007 in Saint-Petersburg and attracted about 130 participants. We intend to hold this conference annually. The conference is aimed at discussing investment opportunities and ideas. The majority of leading Russian investment houses and asset management companies delegate speakers to the congress.
Kazakhstan Financial Market Congress. The 1st congress devoted to the Kazakhstan financial market was conducted in March 2007 in Almaty and drew about 180 participants. Having analyzed the congress results we have decided to continue arranging it annually.
Uzbekistan and Central Asia Financial Market Congress. The conference is arranged by Cbonds in cooperation with the Uzbek investment group Delta Max. It is practically the only event entirely devoted to the Uzbekistan financial market. The conference attracts up to 120 people from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and many other countries. The event has been held since 2006 at the end of September in Tashkent, Uzbekistan's capital.
