Promsvyazbank has become the general partner of the Young Stars project launched by the BOLSHOI Sport magazine. On December 20, Promsvyazbank and MEDIACRAT held a press conference announcing the winners of an annual open poll conducted at the YoungStars.ru website. According to the partners, the best athletes of the year were Sergei Mozgov and Anna Yanovskaya, ice-dancing champions at the First Youth Olympic Games. Promsvyazbank presented the winners with a cash prize of 300,000 roubles. The other award-winners, Maryana Naumova and Daniil Cherkasov, received valuable presents from adidas. “Our partnership with the unique project Young Stars is a continuation of our strategy to promote youth sports in Russia. We consider that during the formative stage, sporting talent needs support, and this is no less important than helping international sports stars,” commented Promsvyazbank’s President Artem Konstandyan. Creative and commercial management of the project is provided by MEDIACRAT.

On 29 November, in Moscow’s The Sad restaurant, MEDIACRAT organized for The Macallan a presentation of the collector’s set 8 Decades of The Macallan and Sir Peter Blake. The event was attended by over 100 representatives of Russia’s cultural and business elites.

The collector’s set was created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Sir Peter Blake, an iconic artist and godfather of British pop art, who has been successfully collaborating with The Macallan for many years.

The stage of the famed Mossovet Theatre was the venue of choice for the November 1 ceremony to present the SPEAR’S Russia Wealth Management Awards 2012, the first annual awards presentation in Russia organized to celebrate the achievements of professionals and firms from private banking, wealth management and related industries. The event was hosted by Ivan Urgant. Alfa Bank (A-Club) was named Russian Private Bank of the Year. Raiffeisenbank was selected Foreign Private Bank of the Year providing services to HNWIs in Russia. Bank Julius Baer & Co. was distinguished as the best foreign private bank servicing wealthy Russians outside the country. Third Rome turned out, for the second year running, to be the Wealth Boutique of the Year. The cream of asset management companies was GHP Group (formerly Fleming Family & Partners), while the best head-hunters were Odgers Berndtson, with Ingosstrakh crowned best insurers. UFG Wealth Management was named the Family Office of the Year, while Rietumu Banka was declared the Best Private Bank in CIS and Baltic States. The title of Speaker of the Year went to Alexey Golubovich of Arbat Capital, and Ewgeni Smuschkovich of Julius Baer was crowned Investment Consultant of the Year. The Judging Panel recognised the Law Firm of the Year to be Padva and Partners, while the best Tax Adviser was Ernst & Young.