Russia: Great expectations

The Russian $90 billion promissory note market is the largest debt market in the country. But major reforms are required for it to mature into a mainstream corporate bond market - and yields must remain high or foreign investors will not be willing to take the extra risk. By Brad Durham.

RUSSIA: THE NEXT CHAPTER

 

Russia’s central bank is preparing to set up a domestic corporate bond market to make it easier for companies to raise funds – as well as to consolidate the country’s large but unruly promissory note market.

The market for veksels, as promissory notes are known in Russia, is estimated to be as large as $90 billion, making it nearly twice the size of the government securities market. Daily turnover in veksels regularly exceeds $1 billion.

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