RUSSIA: MOEX Implements a Program to Support Future Issuers

Thursday March 20 2025

On 20^th March 2025, Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that as part of the implementation of the strategy for the development of the capital market exchange has decided to create a line of direct investment funds that will help expand the funnel of potential issuers.

The main objective of the funds is to become an effective mechanism for attracting private capital for promising companies in the late stages of preparation for entering the public market. The work of the funds will contribute to the further development of the Russian capital market and the growth of the number of public companies in the primary market.

At the first stage, Moscow Exchange’s investments in the creation of funds will amount to more than 10 billion rubles, while the exchange’s share in the total investment volume will not exceed 20%. Professional fund managers will be engaged in the formation of investment portfolios.

The funds will complement the ecosystem of services that enable future issuers to access capital markets in the most efficient way.

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