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Facts of market manipulation in on-exchange trading for bonds of Dialex LLC established

5 August 2021
Press release

The Bank of Russia has established facts of market manipulation in on-exchange trading for the bonds of Dialex LLC (ISIN RU000A0ZZKW1; hereinafter, the Bonds) over the period from 3 February 2020 to 1 June 2020.

These facts were revealed as a result of the investigation of compliance with Federal Law No. 224-FZ, dated 27 July 2010, ‘On Countering the Misuse of Insider Information and Market Manipulation and Amending Certain Laws of the Russian Federation’ (hereinafter, the Federal Law).

The transactions qualified as market manipulation were made in the main trading mode of the exchange across the brokerage accounts of Vyacheslav Piksaev, Aleksey Antipin, and UniMetrix LLC (TIN 5405971433) where Aleksey Antipin is Director General.

The investigation has established that A. Antipin had access to the above accounts and repeatedly carried out coordinated transactions with the Bonds that caused significant deviations in the trading parameters.

According to the findings of the investigation, the transactions with the Bonds made in collusion by V. Piksaev, A. Antipin, and UniMetrix LLC that caused significant deviations in the trading parameters qualify as market manipulation pursuant to Clause 2 of Part 1 of Article 5 of the Federal Law.

V. Piksaev, A. Antipin, and UniMetrix LLC violated the ban established by Part 2 of Article 6 of the Federal Law.

The Bank of Russia has sent orders to V. Piksaev, A. Antipin, and UniMetrics LLC to cease and desist from similar violations in the future.


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