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The market has transformed. The time has come to discuss it in person

April 16, 2026
The Carlton, 3 Tverskaya Street

The Moscow Exchange forum is back
April 16, 2026

Gathering
• Industry leaders
• Policymakers,
• Major corporates and market experts
The forum's agenda
The evolving priorities shaping Russia's financial sector, aligned with key initiatives from the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Finance, and the Bank of Russia

Agenda

10:00 – 11:40

Plenary Session 1

Growth formula for russia's capital market: stability, openness, trust
  • • Current macroeconomic trends and their impact on the balance between debt and equity financing
  • • Investor protection: from declarations to implementation
  • • State-owned company efficiency as a driver of stock market capitalization growth: barriers and prospects
  • • Long-term money for long-term growth: where to find institutional demand

​12:10 – 13:40

Plenary Session 2

Financial market architecture: instruments, participants, infrastructure
  • • Principal directions for improving the regulatory environment
  • • The future of the classical market: from equities to crypto assets
  • • Exchange vs alternative platforms: the battle for liquidity
  • • 24/7 trading: new reality and strategic challenges

14:30 – 15:40

Breakout sessions • Agenda items​

Debt market: from lending to strategic partnership
  • • Seller's or buyer's market
  • • Credit risks in high-yield environment
  • • Technology development for efficient book building
From investor protection to market integrity
  • • How to protect investors from unfair practices
  • • Influencers under control: new regulation
  • • AI for non-qualified investors: helper or threat
Infrastructure: transformation as a guarantee of stability
  • • Environment and services transformation: from 24/7 trading to 24/7 settlements
  • • Open APIs as a model for functional interaction: path and goal
  • • Requirements for modern infrastructure: what do professional market participants need for development

16:00 – 17:10

Breakout sessions • Agenda items​

Derivatives market: instrument evolution & new challenges
  • • Hedging strategies in high volatility conditions
  • • Instrument accessibility for all investor categories
  • • Derivatives on digital assets: liquidity and prospects
Primary market: beyond illusions
  • • Record new placements in the bond market: quality inflation or risk inflation
  • • From control to trust, from trust to capital inflow
  • • How to attract and retain investors in the stock market
  • • Interest rate impact on investment landscape and valuations in primary placements
Regulatory technologies as a tool for dealing with unfair practices
  • • Reform of legislation on insider trading and market manipulation
  • • RegTech solutions in detecting unfair practices
  • • Working with big data in regulation
  • • Application of AI in monitoring non-standard transactions

17:30 – 18:40

Breakout sessions • Agenda items​

Gold standard of liquidity: precious metals in crisis conditions
  • • Record prices for precious metals: what's next
  • • Development and use of Russian market commodity indicators
  • • Market for bars and coins: will there be a shift to exchange-traded funds, unallocated metal accounts, digital financial assets
  • • Gold instruments of the financial market
Collective investments: driving retail investors to the financial market
  • • Increasing unit liquidity
  • • Transparency and accessibility of information
  • • Mutual fund renaissance: what are investors buying
Alternative investments as a driver for exchange market growth
  • • Role of alternative assets in portfolios of private and institutional investors
  • • Is it possible to create standardized products for alternative assets
  • • How is the market changing under the influence of online platforms, NFTs, digital galleries, and fractional ownership of artworks

Forum registration is by personal invitation

Contacts

Venue

Moscow, The Carlton, 3 Tverskaya Street