Russia: Contrasting fortunes for Russian share deals

Rusal IPO finally given green light after listing delay; First biotech deal comes to market

Rusal, which is controlled by Oleg Deripaska, made a loss of $868 million in the first half of 2009, although the company says its net profit for the year will be "unlikely to be less than" $434 million.

Oleg Deripaska: the Rusal IPO in Hong Kong is expected to raise $2.6 billion

Russian metals company Rusal hopes to launch its much-anticipated initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange later this month after initial plans to list by the end of 2009 turned to dust late in the day. The IPO, which is slated to raise as much as $2.6 billion, was seemingly on track for a pre-Christmas launch after Rusal signed off on a restructuring of its $17 billion of debt at the end of November.

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