Why is IPO becoming a trend in Russia? In 2024, the IPO market in Russia has shown record results - 15 new issuers and over 100 billion rubles in raised capital. Find out why companies are increasingly choosing to list on the stock exchange, which sectors have become leaders, and what investors and traders can expect in 2025. Full overview,...

... economic growth prospects. On the other hand, geopolitical tensions have somewhat eased: the United States and the European Union managed to reach a compromise and avoid a large-scale trade war, bolstering risk appetite. Wall Street indices, after setting record highs in July, faced volatility amid mixed signals, while prices for safe-haven assets, such as gold, once again approached historical peaks. Investors from the CIS are particularly focused on the situation surrounding interest rates: the Federal ...

... Monday, April 5. The previous major threshold of $1 trillion was first tested by the market just a few months ago, at the beginning of 2021, amid Bitcoin's rise to a local maximum of $33,000. This data is backed by information from CoinGecko. The current record update comes in the wake of new investments in Bitcoin by the public company MicroStrategy. The software developer announced an additional investment of $15 million in BTC. The company purchased 253 coins at a median price of $59,339. Bitcoin was ...

... alternative to traditional financial instruments and fiat currencies, allowing transactions to be conducted directly, without intermediaries, to almost any point in the world. Secondly, technologies such as blockchain ensure transparency and immutability of records, enhancing trust in digital transactions. Furthermore, the emergence of decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has opened new areas of application for cryptocurrencies – from lending and insurance to art and gaming industries....

... which are reflected in wholesale and retail prices. The expert predicts that June 2024 data will show an acceleration in the annual growth of retail gasoline prices, which are likely to exceed the inflation rate. The latest monthly data from Rosstat recorded the return of gasoline prices within the inflation boundaries. The annual increase in gasoline prices as of May 2024 was 8.0%, while inflation reached 8.2%. However, by the end of June, an acceleration in the annual growth rate of retail fuel ...