MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and CITIC Merchant, the merchant banking arm of the CITIC Group, a Chinese state-owned investment company, have signed an agreement on the creation of a joint investment bank, RDIF has informed RIA Novosti.
According to RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev, the deal, to be signed during the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russia, will help attract Chinese capital to Russia and will also make it easier for Russian companies to enter China's markets.