... stock market date back to the era of Peter I: in 1703, an exchange was established in St. Petersburg. However, actual trading in shares only began in the mid-19th century against the backdrop of the industrial revolution. During the Soviet period, the securities market was almost nonexistent, and after the collapse of the USSR in the 1990s, the revival of the stock market began. Some large Russian companies conducted IPOs on foreign exchanges (in the U.S. and Europe), attracting foreign capital. The ...

... situation in the region? We analyze the key aspects and forecasts. Lukashenko Wins with 87.6% of the Votes: What Does This Mean for Russia? According to exit polls from the Belarusian Committee of Youth Organizations, Alexander Lukashenko has once again secured a convincing victory in the elections, garnering 87.6% of the voters' support. This result raises numerous questions about the future of Belarus, its foreign policy direction, and how it will affect relations with Russia. Strengthening Lukashenko's ...

... Format: In-person. Instrument: equities/bonds. September 17-19 – Kazan Digital Week 2025 (Innopolis). Format: In-person. Instrument: equities. October October 2-3 – MFO RUSSIA FORUM (Bank of Russia). Format: In-person. Instrument: bonds. October 2 – Securities Market Forum (ACRA). Format: In-person. Instrument: equities. October 8-9 – MINEX Russia 2025, Moscow (MINEX). Format: In-person. Instrument: equities. October 8 – IV Annual ESG-day Conference “Expert RA” (Expert RA). Format: In-person....

... cryptocurrency, designed to facilitate cross-border payments. Fundamentally, Ripple offers solutions for bankers and payment providers focused on real-time settlements. However, the project has been embroiled in a legal battle with the U.S. regulator SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) since 2020. The SEC accused Ripple and its executives of selling XRP tokens as unregistered securities. In July 2023, a court established that retail sales of XRP on exchanges did not violate the law, while transactions ...

... suggest that Anthropic is in the final stages of negotiations for a new round of $3–5 billion, which could elevate its valuation to astronomical values of $150–170 billion. The flagship of the industry, OpenAI, is also keeping pace: the company secured about $8.3 billion in investments at a valuation of around $300 billion—significantly earlier than originally planned. This massive round (part of a plan to raise $40 billion by the end of 2025) was massively oversubscribed, causing some early ...