Institutional Structure of the Russian Financial Market: The Need for Regulatory Transformation

The article analyzes the current state of the Russian financial market’s institutional structure. The main variants of activity combinations of its participants allowed by the law are described. Based on a comparison of the advantages and risks arising from the combination of different areas of work by market participants, proposals are formed to adjust the regulatory requirements for permissible combinations of activities. The purpose of the changes put forward is to increase the efficiency of financial resource redistribution, which, in turn, will provide financing for economic growth of the Russian Federation. It is proposed to consolidate the division of activities of financial market participants into two categories. The first one is systemically important; such organizations should be controlled by the state directly or through a chain of owners. The other one is the rest of the organizations, for which the opportunities for simultaneous work in a large number of areas can be expanded under such conditions. When fully state-controlled companies perform the functions of an exchange, a central depository, a clearing organization and a central counterparty, it seems that the rest of the market participants, without creating significant risks for the market, will be able to combine work in the securities market using their own and clients’ funds, operation as a credit and deposit intermediary or an investment and financial platform, and work in the foreign exchange market and the digital asset market. Improving the efficiency of the financial market may be instrumental in providing the projects and production with the financial resources.