Investment opportunities for German banks and insurances in Russia

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1,4, University of Cooperative Education, course: Doing business with Russia, language: English, abstract: Firstly, this paper gives a brief overview of the current health of the Russian economy, analyzing stability and current developments. Secondly, the Russian banking, real estate and insurance markets are analyzed and opportunities for investment are evaluated from a German point of view. Thirdly and lastly, the author delivers an assessment of Russia's financial services sector as an investment target and future prospects.