Investors in stock market number 5 million
The number of brokerage clients increased by 17.8% in the first quarter amid market volatility, to reach 5 million persons. The percentage of active investors also rose, totalling 16.5% of the overall number of clients. These statistics are provided in the Bank of Russia’s review on the 2020 Q1 brokerage performance.
The trust management segment also recorded an inflow of clients, primarily as a result of the rise in the number of non-qualified investors that expanded by 14.3% to 389,500 persons.
As of today, the number of opened individual investment accounts (IIA) exceeds 2.2 million, 66% of which are serviced by brokers. Government and corporate bonds account for over one-half of the total amount of IIA portfolios.
According to the Q1 statistics, the overall market value of securities in depository accounts reached 66.7 trillion rubles, with the value of debt instruments making 59% of this figure.