See Moscow and defect

Credit Suisse First Boston can’t keep its staff, it seems, once they’ve seen Moscow. Less than two years after losing Boris Jordan, who opened the Russian securities market for CSFB and the rest of the world, the firm has parted company with local equities chief Peter Halloran.

Both men left to open their own Moscow-based firms. Jordan’s Renaissance Capital, which this summer merged with Russian banking powerhouse MFK, part of Unexim Bank, plays a leading role in Russia’s turbulent direct investment scene.