High value added banking services for Russian gas majors: how to make liquidity management more efficient
The main purpose of the article is to underline the complexity of banking services offered to the holding companies, operating in the gas industry. Volatile dynamics of energy markets and increasing demand for investment resources both give rise to new approaches towards liquidity management. Among the solutions brought forward by Russian commercial banks we put a stress on two products: cash-management services and banking support of strategic/state-sponsored investment projects.