Communist League Communist League The Communist League ( "Bund der Kommunisten)" was an international political party established on June 1, 1847 in London, England. The organisation was formed through the merger of the League of the Just, headed by Karl Schapper and the Communist Correspondence Committee of Brussels, Belgium, in which Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the dominant personalities. The Communist League is regarded as the first Marxist political party and it was on behalf of this group that Marx and Engels wrote the "Communist Manifesto" late in 1847. The Communist League was formally disbanded in 1852, following the Cologne Communist
IFD Kapital Group The holding company 'Group Kapital Asset Management' CJSC was the second largest Russian asset management firm with over 230 billion rubles of assets in management,as of September 30, 2012 per company website. It comprises three companies, namely Kapital Asset Management Company LLC, Kapital Asset Management joint stock company (JSC) and Management Company Kapital Mutual Funds LLC. The holding is headed by Sergei Mikhailov, a member of the Board of Directors with numerous connections. The holding totaled assets of RUR 132.7 billion as of March 31, 2013. In November 2013 Bloomberg News reported IFD Kapital was planning to sell the holding