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06.12.2011 / Moscow
MIFC Roadmap
03.11.2015 MIFC / Moscow
MIFC Roadmap: Making progress.
October 2015
01.07.2013 MIFC / Moscow
01.07.2013 MIFC / Moscow
Interview with Alexander Voloshin
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News
08.04.2019 16:18 / The Bank of Russia
Roadmap for implementation of guidelines for development of financial market in 2019–2021 published The Bank of Russia has obtained approval from the Government of the Russian Federation of a roadmap outlining the implementation of the Guidelines for the Development of the Financial Market over the next three years. The document was adopted by the Board of Directors in February 2019.
28.03.2019 18:24 / TASS
Bank of Russia develops requirements for basic standards for SRO investment advisers The Bank of Russia has outlined a list of mandatory basic standards and requirements pertaining to their content, which should now be developed by financial market self-regulatory organisations (SROs) that work with investment advisers. The draft ordinance is posted on the Bank of Russia website for expert discussion.
06.02.2019 17:30 / The Bank of Russia
Securities market: Bank of Russia lays groundwork to bring switch to proportionate regulation closer The Bank of Russia has released an ordinance which sets forth indicators enabling conditional classification of professional securities market participants as small, middle-sized and major ones. The passing of this regulatory act marks the first step in the implementation of the regulator-approved concept and roadmap for proportionate regulation and supervision of non-bank financial institutions.
10.01.2019 17:52 / The Bank of Russia
FX dealers to operate under a basic consumer protection standard FX dealers will be obliged to disclose to the fullest extent possible information about their operations and risks related to their services. These and other requirements are listed in the basic standard for financial consumer protection as regards FX dealers, which was elaborated by the Association of Forex Dealers and approved by the Bank of Russia.
10.01.2019 16:22 / The Bank of Russia
FX dealers to operate under a basic consumer protection standard FX dealers will be obliged to disclose to the fullest extent possible information about their operations and risks related to their services. These and other requirements are listed in the basic standard for financial consumer protection as regards FX dealers, which was elaborated by the Association of Forex Dealers and approved by the Bank of Russia.
04.01.2019 18:14 / The Bank of Russia
Microfinancing: new caps for marginal debt value and daily interest rate On 28 January 2019, amendments will be effected to the current legislation that will set forth a new uniform limit for the marginal debt of a borrower under a consumer loan agreement for the period up to 1 year totalling 2.5 times of the sum of a respective loan. Once this amount is reached, the law prohibits further accrual of interest, as well as penalties (fines), other payments and the application of other measures.
27.12.2018 18:40 / The Bank of Russia
Improving regulation: new initiatives of financial market participants The regulator selected 14 new initiatives suggested by financial market participants for implementation in 2019 at the strategic session held at the Bank of Russia. The proposals in question are central to improving the regulation of supervised institutions. They apply to insurance market players and professional securities market participants, and concern payment system operations, issuance and listing, corporate governance, fintech and information security.
Hot Topics
Financial markets megaregulator
08.04.2019 16:18 / The Bank of Russia
Roadmap for implementation of guidelines for development of financial market in 2019–2021 published The Bank of Russia has obtained approval from the Government of the Russian Federation of a roadmap outlining the implementation of the Guidelines for the Development of the Financial Market over the next three years. The document was adopted by the Board of Directors in February 2019.
28.03.2019 18:24 / TASS
Bank of Russia develops requirements for basic standards for SRO investment advisers The Bank of Russia has outlined a list of mandatory basic standards and requirements pertaining to their content, which should now be developed by financial market self-regulatory organisations (SROs) that work with investment advisers. The draft ordinance is posted on the Bank of Russia website for expert discussion.
06.02.2019 17:30 / The Bank of Russia
Securities market: Bank of Russia lays groundwork to bring switch to proportionate regulation closer The Bank of Russia has released an ordinance which sets forth indicators enabling conditional classification of professional securities market participants as small, middle-sized and major ones. The passing of this regulatory act marks the first step in the implementation of the regulator-approved concept and roadmap for proportionate regulation and supervision of non-bank financial institutions.
10.01.2019 17:52 / The Bank of Russia
FX dealers to operate under a basic consumer protection standard FX dealers will be obliged to disclose to the fullest extent possible information about their operations and risks related to their services. These and other requirements are listed in the basic standard for financial consumer protection as regards FX dealers, which was elaborated by the Association of Forex Dealers and approved by the Bank of Russia.
04.01.2019 18:14 / The Bank of Russia
Microfinancing: new caps for marginal debt value and daily interest rate On 28 January 2019, amendments will be effected to the current legislation that will set forth a new uniform limit for the marginal debt of a borrower under a consumer loan agreement for the period up to 1 year totalling 2.5 times of the sum of a respective loan. Once this amount is reached, the law prohibits further accrual of interest, as well as penalties (fines), other payments and the application of other measures.
Corporate and contract law
04.12.2018 17:33 / The Bank of Russia
Russian public companies step up action to implement Corporate Governance Code principles In 2017, the extent to which Corporate Governance Code principles are operationally implemented (understood as implemented at 75%) by national public companies grew 26 pp from 2015, the year the study commenced. Also, the period saw a more than threefold reduction in the number of entities with less than 50% compliance with the Code principles. These are the findings of the Bank of Russia's Review of Corporate Governance Practices at Russian Public Companies.
Improvement of corporate governance
04.12.2018 17:33 / The Bank of Russia
Russian public companies step up action to implement Corporate Governance Code principles In 2017, the extent to which Corporate Governance Code principles are operationally implemented (understood as implemented at 75%) by national public companies grew 26 pp from 2015, the year the study commenced. Also, the period saw a more than threefold reduction in the number of entities with less than 50% compliance with the Code principles. These are the findings of the Bank of Russia's Review of Corporate Governance Practices at Russian Public Companies.