RusAg won in three nominations of the Dealer of the Year Award

29 April 2021
Russian Agricultural Bank (RusAg, the Bank) became the winner in three of nine nominations of the XIX annual national competition "Dealer of the Year" (The Best Dealer & Desk Awards), which is held by the Moscow International Monetary Association together with the Commonwealth of Financial Market Professionals.
Svetlana Miroshnichenko, Deputy Head of the Trade Operations Division and Viktor Shetzel, Principal Specialist of Banknote Operations and Precious Metals Trade in Unit, took first place in the nomination "Best Desk of the Banknote Market" for the second year in a row. Yuliya Ershova, Executive Director of the Financial Markets Operations Department, recognized as the best financial institutions manager, and Viktor Shetzel became the winner in the nomination "Best Dealer of the Banknote Market". For the first time, the team of traders led by Andrey Mishko, Head of the Trading Operations in the Currency and Money Market Unit, won third place in the nomination "Best Currency Desk".
"RusAg remains one of the largest market-makers in the interbank lending market, and in the interbank market for banknote, conversion and derivative operations. High professionalism, market knowledge, the ability to make decisions and take responsibility – these are the key competencies of RusAg’s team. The fact that our colleagues take the first places year to year according to an independent assessment of the financial community indicates a competent strategy, excellent results and future achievements, supported by the experience of the largest Russian bank," said Sergey Fetisov, Head of the Financial Markets Operations Department.
The national competition "Dealer of the Year" is one of the most respected among professional participants in the Russian financial market. The award ceremony "The Best Dealer & Desk Awards 2019" took place on April 23, 2021 in Moscow. The ceremony announced the best specialists of the Russian financial market in nine nominations: "Best Currency Dealer" and "Best Currency Desk", "Best Banknote Desk" and "Best Banknote Dealer", "Best Money Dealer" and "Best Money Desk", "Best Forward Market Dealer" and "Best Forward Market Desk", and "Best Financial Institutions Dealer".