Corporate Investigations using Interfax Corporate Investigations using Interfax database of 9 million Russian companiesdatabase of 9 million Russian companies

SPARKSPARK

Interfax – partner for business in Interfax – partner for business in RussiaRussia

20 years experience helping foreign companies20 years experience helping foreign companies Largest independent news agency in RussiaLargest independent news agency in Russia Independent, focused on business, and industry newsIndependent, focused on business, and industry news Objective with in - depth knowledge Objective with in - depth knowledge Partner with Bloomberg, Moody’s, Experiant, Standard and Partner with Bloomberg, Moody’s, Experiant, Standard and

Poor’s, Thompson ReutersPoor’s, Thompson Reuters

Interfax SPARK Interfax SPARK Largest Database of Russian companiesLargest Database of Russian companies

9 million legally registered entities9 million legally registered entities

SPARK main benefitsSPARK main benefits

Asses riskAsses risk Finding the right partners, suppliers, clients Finding the right partners, suppliers, clients Due diligence and corporate investigationsDue diligence and corporate investigations Study markets in great depthStudy markets in great depth Analyse competitorsAnalyse competitors Rank companies by industries and locationRank companies by industries and location Save time and money on researching companiesSave time and money on researching companies Minimise risk of making the wrong contactsMinimise risk of making the wrong contacts Recover debtRecover debt

Extensive information in one toolExtensive information in one tool

Information structure Information structure Company details, management, proprietors, company Company details, management, proprietors, company

structure, securities issue; structure, securities issue; Statistic and financial reports, adjusted for the Statistic and financial reports, adjusted for the

fundamental analysis; fundamental analysis; Company activity and plans for development, major Company activity and plans for development, major

events, law reports, liabilities; events, law reports, liabilities; Latest news, search through the news archiveLatest news, search through the news archive

Ownership InformationOwnership Information

Information on 60 million sole tradersInformation on 60 million sole traders Ownership details Ownership details Share structure, name of ownersShare structure, name of owners List of other entities affiliated to a specific owner with List of other entities affiliated to a specific owner with

share percentageshare percentage Ownership historyOwnership history Ability to cross-examine owners between companiesAbility to cross-examine owners between companies

Financial dataFinancial data

Included in the financial data are:Included in the financial data are: Current, quick, cash and debt-to-equity ratios, financial Current, quick, cash and debt-to-equity ratios, financial

leverage, capital adequacy, return-on-assets and return-leverage, capital adequacy, return-on-assets and return-on-equity. on-equity.

Credit risk ratings are provided by Moody's Interfax Credit risk ratings are provided by Moody's Interfax Rating Agency, a joint venture between the two Rating Agency, a joint venture between the two companies, along with an English-language summary of companies, along with an English-language summary of a company's key credit and income considerations.a company's key credit and income considerations.

Balance and account sheetsBalance and account sheets

Industry RankingIndustry Ranking

Company RankingCompany Ranking Ranking companies inside an industry type or a region Ranking companies inside an industry type or a region

is one of the most popular methods of analysis. is one of the most popular methods of analysis. Ranking is made by a number of criteria: a chosen Ranking is made by a number of criteria: a chosen

financial figure, region, industry brunch or by an financial figure, region, industry brunch or by an accounting date. accounting date.

It is possible to save the resulting table and then to It is possible to save the resulting table and then to make a summary report on its basemake a summary report on its base

Official sourcesOfficial sources

Federal Statistics ServiceFederal Statistics Service Federal Financial Markets ServiceFederal Financial Markets Service Federal Tax ServiceFederal Tax Service The Central Bank of RussiaThe Central Bank of Russia Arbitrage courts Arbitrage courts Depository Clearing CompanyDepository Clearing Company Information services (logo)Information services (logo) Information about bankruptcies, published in accordance to Information about bankruptcies, published in accordance to

Federal Law n 127Federal Law n 127

Why usedWhy used

Verify riskVerify risk Verify business partnersVerify business partners Carry out market research (analyse markets, industries, Carry out market research (analyse markets, industries,

geographical locations, competitors)geographical locations, competitors) Sales and marketing: finding suppliers, buyers, partnersSales and marketing: finding suppliers, buyers, partners Corporate and individual’s investigationsCorporate and individual’s investigations Due diligenceDue diligence Recover debtsRecover debts Set lending termsSet lending terms

SPARK clientsSPARK clients

Holdings, banks, investment and brokerage companies; Holdings, banks, investment and brokerage companies; Marketing servicesMarketing services Sales units; Sales units; Credit and limit banks units, risk services; Credit and limit banks units, risk services; Insurance, consulting and auditing service; Insurance, consulting and auditing service; Security and monitoring services; Security and monitoring services; Ministries and state agenciesMinistries and state agencies

Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!

For more information contact:For more information contact: kristina@interfax.co.ukkristina@interfax.co.uk

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