Ruben Vardanyan stopped negotiations on the sale of Troika Dialog. He turned down a $2.5-3 billion deal to create a world-class Russian investment bank with $1 billion in annual revenue. newspaper writes about this The Vedomosti .

In an interview, Vardanyan said that he decided not to sell the company. “I wanted to prove to everyone that a Russian investment bank should be in Russia. This is such a challenge for myself and everyone,” said the businessman.

The market started talking about the fact that the company would be sold in the summer of 2006, when the company's managers bought 5 percent of its shares from the last external shareholder - the Swiss fund Hansa AG. Among the contenders for the purchase of Troika Dialog were the banks JP Morgan, VTB and Credit Suisse. In an interview with the newspaper, Vardanyan did not name the company with which he almost signed an agreement.

The newspaper writes that Credit Suisse was closest to the deal with Troika Dialog, but the Swiss bank refused to comment on this information. At the same time, Vardanyan said at the economic forum in Davos that the Troika does not intend to carry out major transactions before the 2008 presidential elections.

In December 2006, the Italian bank UniCredit paid $424 million for the Aton investment group, which is four times the equity capital and eight times the profit of Aton. The amount of 2.5-3 billion dollars exceeds the capital of Troika Dialog by 7-10 times, and the profit by 12-15 times.

Troika Dialog was founded in 1991. The company's turnover in 2006 was $160 billion, assets under management were $3.5 billion. Assets at the end of the 2006 fiscal year, which ended September 30, were $2.4 billion, equity capital was $288 million, and net income was $200 million. Ruben Vardanyan owns 65 percent of the company's shares.

Ruben Vardanyan refused to sell Troika Dialog for $3 billion