Russia Wealth Fund to Team With China for $25 Billion of Lending

Russia’s sovereign wealth fund will join China Construction Bank Corp. to deliver as much as $25 billion in loans as western sanctions push President Vladimir Putin to look to Asia for financing.

Putin says spending from Russia's sovereign fund can't be raised: Interfax

(Reuters) - Russia cannot spend more of the $83 billion parked in its National Wealth Fund (NWF), President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, after the government recently raised the cap on how much of the fund can be used for domestic investments.

Investors pare longer-dated U.S. Treasuries in week -survey

NEW YORK, April 15 (Reuters) - More investors pared their holdings of longer-dated Treasuries in the latest week after the minutes of the Federal Reserve's March policy meeting suggested the U.S. central bank would be unlikely to raise interest rates until the second half of 2015, according to a survey released on Tuesday by J.P. Morgan Securities.

Eyes turn to Russia on record drop in U.S. bond holdings

(Reuters) - This week's record decline in foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries has led some to speculate that Russia has been cutting its dollar reserves ahead of possible sanctions from the West due to its role in the Ukraine crisis.

Goldman Sees Russia Taming Ruble Losses After Plunge

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicts Russia will contain losses in the ruble as policy makers pledge to curb volatility after ratcheting up interest rates and selling billions of dollars in the currency market yesterday.