General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> June 24, 2015

Focusing on Share-Price Upside in the Russian Market

Anna Vaananen
Anna Vaananen is Director and Senior Fund Manager/Analyst of Credit Suisse AG. She worked for 11 years as an equity analyst at Salomon Brothers in London and Carnegie in Finland, covering various sectors. In 2005, she moved to asset management at Tapiola Insurance Company, and in 2007, she took over the two Russian equity funds at FIM Asset Management. In 2011, she won both the Lipper Award and the Morningstar Award for the Best Fund Investing in Russia and the Best Russia Equity Fund Manager over a three-year period. In 2011, she moved to Credit Suisse — formerly Clariden Leu — and has been the fund manager of the Credit Suisse (Lux) Equity Russia Fund since. Profile
TWST: Is this the right time to invest in Russia?

Ms. Vaananen: Let’s put it this way: We believe that it is among the right times to invest in Russia. Last year, we had many