Publications in Press
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16 March 2012Quadro Capital Partners invests in online brokerage Forex Club
Moscow-based private equity firm Quadro Capital Partners (QCP) has bought a minority equity stake in Forex Club, an online brokerage company that provides access to instruments for clients looking to trade FX, commodities and equities.
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29 February 2012Giedrius Pukas, QCP managing partner, expresses his view on "Buffett's Investment Strategy" in an RBC TV program 'Dialogue'.
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06 April 2011Giedrius Pukas commented the plans of a new private equity fund launched by VEB to attract foreign investments into Russian economy. The Fund will be established by 1 June.
"To attract $ 3 billion for Russian market during a year - is a very difficult task, no one team could still achieve this result," – says the managing partner of Quadro Capital Partners Giedrius Pukas (2/ 3 of the fund is foreign). In his opinion VEB will have to answer the investors' questions about their track record, why they realize merchantable deals, instead of those that are needed to state: "VEB will have to prove they it is able to make money. "
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06 April 2011Giedrius Pukas shared his thoughts on the trends, results and expectations of Russian PE market special for the new issue of Private Equity Russian & CIS Journal.
Private Equity Russia&CIS Journal is the only English-language edition on private equity in Russia&CIS, focused on private equity professionals and business owners. Editors' team together with the key players of the PE market created an article to share the thoughts on the major trends and results of the market in 2010, and the expectations of the market development in 2011.
"If we are talking about Russia and CIS 2010 – it was still a very idle year, except for the players that have raised fresh funds before the crisis and were taking advantage (the ones who had guts) of the discounted market opportunities. 2011 should be much more active and Russia should return to international player’s monitors by the end of the year. Having said this, Russia’s PE markets remain very small and fragmented and I do not expect any fierce competition any time soon." Giedrius Pukas, Managing Partner of QCP.
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16 December 2010December issue of World Finance Review has published an article by Vladimir Kozlov about the Private Equity industry in Russia, the influence of global crisis on the country, the challenging times, and new trends which replace the certain ones.
"…Private Equity as an industry has also been through significant change and its future is being shaped. It is happening globally, it is happening in Russia. It is clear PE industry play an important role in economies and, having proved its sustainability; it will come out stronger, more professional and efficient. It is true globally and it is true for Russia. If Russia is to achieve ambitious goals in modernization of its economy, there are no alternatives to improving investment climate and there are no alternatives to developing private equity. Recent Government initiatives show that the understanding is growing..."
"Private Equity in Russia – From Dusk Till Dawn"
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16 November 2010Interview of Giedrius Pukas for Forbes, Latvia – success story of Lithuanian Moscovite.
Giedrius Pukas left investment bank in the peak of crisis to start his own private equity business. Forbes Latvia get the information straight from the source.
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30 September 2010At the Russia-Singapore Business Forum a journalist from Asia One Singapore asked Giedrius Pukas, managing partner of Quadro Capital Partners a few questions.
Giedrius Pukas, managing partner of Quadro Capital Partners, shared information of which Russian companies are going public on Singapore Exchange (SGX) next year.
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28 September 2010Specially for The Business Times, Singapore Giedrius Pukas told about the Russian firms interested in listing.
At the Russia-Singapore Business Forum Giedrius Pukas told the local press about the Russian firms interested in listing and particularly on Singapore Exchange.
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01 September 2010Giedrius Pukas, Managing partner of Quadro Capital Partners, gave an interview to RBC Magazine.
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01 September 2010September issue of World Finance Review has published an article by Vladimir Kozlov, Partner of Quadro Capital Partners, about capital raising options for Russia and CIS companies in Asia.
The global investment landscape is changing – the financial crisis and emerging macro economic trends are challenging the established practices. Asia and the BRIC markets are becoming something more than just a source of growth; now they are actively involved in shaping a new future. While established markets such as the US and Europe are focusing their efforts on dealing with high burden of debt, Asian and other developing markets find themselves in an unusual position of a global investor. The rules of the new market reality are now being defined; they are likely to influence the development of the global economy in the next 5-10 years.
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22 June 2010QCP Partner Vladimir Kozlov shared with Vedomosti readers on what causes market leaders failure and who is going to survive.
Only the strongest are said to survive the crisis. But we have witnessed, and not just once, the leaders leave the markets that only recently seemed rock-solid. What’s brought them down? We’ll dare to assume that in most cases it had nothing to do with loss of competition wars or lack of demand for products or services offered. In most instances companies fall victims of a very dangerous disease – their own inefficiency – which implies that the reason for their failure lies in approach to company management and performance of managers and shareholders. These diseases usually progress under the same scenario which is clearly split up into three alike stages.
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18 March 2010Comment of Giedrius Pukas on Russian Silicone Valley’s site.
Giedrius Pukas, a managing partner of Quadro Capital Partners, gave a comment to BFM.ru on the decision to place the Russian center of new technologies development and commercialization in Skolkovo site, Moscow region.
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11 February 2010Vladimir Kozlov gave a comment on IPO of Russian companies.
Vladimir Kozlov, a partner of Quadro Capital Partners, gave a comment to Slon.ru regarding the Russian companies’ going public at the international markets.
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31 January 2010Giedrius Pukas, managing partner of Quadro Capital Partners, gave an interview to Forbes Russia
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30 December 2009Quadro Capital Partners is a member of Financial Olympia of Russia 2009 according to RBC daily
