The Third Russian Securities Market Conference: the Establishment of an International Financial Center in Russia was hosted by NAUFOR on April 11 at the Baltschug Kempinski Moscow Hotel.

Senior officials of the Federal Financial Markets Service, Bank of Russia, representatives of the Federation Council and the State Duma and many professional securities market participants attended the Conference.

Speakers for the conference included:
Dr. Sergey A. Vasiliev, Chairman of the Board of Directors, NAUFOR;
Dr. Vladimir N. Milovidov, Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service;
Dr. Igor U. Yurgens, First Vice President, Renaissance Capital;
Mr. Dmitry N. Ananiev, Chairman of the Council of the Federation Committee on Financial Markets and Money Circulation;
Mr. Sergey A. Shvetsov, Director of the Department for Operations on Financial Markets, Bank of Russia;
Mr. Alexander I. Potemkin, President, MICEX Group;
Mr. Roman U. Goryunov, RTS Stock Exchange;
Mr. Mikhail A. Laufer, President, Depository Clearing Company;
Mr. Nikolay V. Egorov, Director, National Depository Center;
Dr. Gennady R. Margolit, Deputy General Director, MICEX Stock Exchange;
Mr. Tim Reucroft, Director of Research, Thomas Murray Ltd.;
Ms. Elena I. Kuritsina, Deputy Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service;
Ms. Elena I. Muzyka, Deputy Director of the Credit Institutions Licensing & Financial Rehabilitation Department, Bank of Russia;
Mr. Dominic Gualtieri, Managing Director, Head of Equities, Alfa-Bank;
Mr. Dmitry N. Snesar, Co-Head of Global Banking, Deutsche Bank Russia;
Mr. Sergey K. Kharlamov, Deputy Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service;
Dr. Tatiana M. Medvedeva, Senior Legal Advisor, Center for the Capital Market Development;
Ms. Natalia B. Sidorova, Head of Custody Division, ING Bank;
Mr. Mikhail V. Bratanov, Head of Custody Division, Rosbank.

Mr. Alexey Timofeev, NAUFOR CEO moderated the conference.

The Conference was divided into four panel discussions:

- Financial market and economic development in Russia;
- The Russian capital market infrastructure and its development;
- IPO and new financial instruments;
- Financial institutions and investors.