Finance

Opinions

ETF: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

February 25, 2022 | Sergey Moiseev

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are gradually supplanting all other types of funds in the financial market. Their rampant growth makes it simpler for millions of investors to enter markets. However, their expected dominance might have effects that are yet to be explored.

Opinions

Russian Investors and Foreign ETFs

January 10, 2022 | Mikhail Mamuta, Sergey Moiseev

From 2022 on, Russian retail investors will be allowed to buy foreign exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This regulatory decision tackles several objectives, from making investments more balanced to encouraging competition among asset management companies.

Opinions

New Rules for Retail Investors

May 31, 2021 | Mikhail Mamuta, Sergey Moiseev

New legislative requirements for communication with non-qualified investors are meant to enhance the protection of individuals in financial markets and increase market transparency by providing more comprehensive information about financial products to investors.

Economics

Heads or Tails: Why Randomly Composed Portfolios Can Be More Successful Than Thought Out Ones

January 25, 2021 | Mikhail Tishchenko

Experiments show that cats, monkeys, and deer can often ‘compose’ more profitable investment portfolios than those of professional investors. However, one should not rely on luck when investing.

Economics

Digital Ruble: Opportunities and Scenarios

January 15, 2021 | Alexey Zabotkin

Digitalisation is changing the payment market and consumer behaviour in many countries. This raises the question of whether it would be expedient to introduce an additional form of money that would meet the requirements of the digital age: a central bank digital currency.

Challenges of Cross-border Financial Services Regulation

December 10, 2020 | Tatiana Malakhova

The evolution of cross-border financial services has created new relations that are not regulated by any supranational body. This gives rise to the problem of regulatory arbitrage, which does not yet have a common solution.

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