Moscow Exchange Forum 2026 — financial market conference | MOEX
Moscow Exchange

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
Registration
Registration for the forum is by personal invitation sent to your email address

Agenda

10:00 – 11:30

Plenary Session

Growth formula for Russia's capital market: stability, openness, trust

Agenda items
  • • Macroeconomic trends and their impact on the choice of financing instruments
  • • Public status: pro and contra
  • • Capital market transformation: business perspective
  • • State-owned companies contribution to stock market capitalization growth
  • • Long money for long-term growth: where to find institutional demand
Moderator
Sergey Shvetsov, Moscow Exchange

Speakers

  • • Elvira Nabiullina, Bank of Russia
  • • Anton Siluanov, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
  • • Maxim Reshetnikov, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
  • • Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Sistema
  • • Ivan Tavrin, Kismet Capital Group
  • • Sergey Khotimskiy, Sovcombank

12:00 – 13:30

Plenary Session

Financial market architecture: instruments, participants, infrastructure

Agenda items
  • • Key directions for improving the regulatory environment
  • • The future of the classical market: from stocks to crypto assets
  • • Exchange vs alternative platforms: the battle for liquidity
  • • Trading 24/7: a new reality and strategic challenges
Moderator
Igor Marich, Moscow Exchange Group

Speakers

  • • Vladimir Chistyukhin, Bank of Russia
  • • Alexey Moiseev, The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
  • • Anatoly Aksakov, The State Duma
  • • Viktor Zhidkov, Moscow Exchange
  • • Ruslan Vesterovsky, Sber
  • • Vladislav Kochetkov, Finam

14:30 – 15:45

Breakout sessions • Agenda items

Ballroom 1
Debt market: from lending to strategic partnership

Agenda items

  • • The capital market as an alternative to bank lending as a resource base for the economy
  • • Investment banking at the capital market — is there room for scaling and what is the market capacity?
  • • What opportunities does the capital market create for increasing the diversity of investment strategies
  • • Capital market growth zones

Moderator

  • Gleb Shevelenkov, Moscow Exchange

Speakers

  • • Mikhail Avtukhov, Sovcombank
  • • Ilya Buchkovsky, VTB
  • • Pavel Voznesensky, Astra Asset Management
  • • Alexey Kupriyanov, Sinara Bank
  • • Denis Shulakov, Gazprombank
Ballroom 2
From investor protection to market integrity

Agenda items

  • • How to protect investors from unfair practices
  • • Influencers under the hood: new regulation
  • • AI for retail investors: friend or foe?

Moderator

  • Elena Kuritsyna, Moscow Exchange

Speakers

  • • Ekaterina Golub, Forum Analytical Center
  • • Mikhail Mamuta, Bank of Russia
  • • Maxim Orlovsky, Renaissance Capital
  • • Alexey Timofeev, NAUFOR
  • • Kira Yukhtenko, InvestFuture
Moscow Hall
Infrastructure: transformation as a guarantee of stability

Agenda items

  • • Transformation of the environment and services: from trading 24/7 to settlements 24/7?
  • • Systems and technologies for fast asset transfer
  • • Requirements for modern infrastructure: what do market professionals need for development?

Moderator

  • Ekaterina Demushkina, NSD

Speakers

  • • Petr Emelin, Sber
  • • Anna Zaitseva, Region
  • • Anna Kuznetsova, Rosselkhozbank
  • • Oleg Perestenko, Bank of Russia
  • • Maria Cheremisina, NCC

16:00 – 17:15

Breakout sessions • Agenda items

Ballroom 1
Derivatives market: evolution and new challenges

Agenda items

  • • Transformation of the derivatives market. What has changed?
  • • Retail in the derivatives market as a growth driver. Why does the retail investor still fear derivatives?
  • • Competition with global crypto exchanges: the fight for clients and new audiences
  • • What will really double the derivatives market in the coming years: new clients, new products or new technologies

Moderator

  • Igor Shimko, financial blogger

Speakers

  • • Ivan Vlasenko, Alfa-Bank
  • • Alexander Gusev, T-Investments
  • • Gennady Kuznetsov, Finam
  • • Maria Patrikeeva, Moscow Exchange
  • • Igor Pimonov, BCS
  • • Stanislav Portnenko, Sber
  • • Andrey Yatskov, VTB
Ballroom 2
Primary market beyond illusions

Agenda items

  • • Records of new placements: inflation of quality or risks
  • • The cost of going public — what lies behind report and corporate governance requirements for companies
  • • Supply follows demand — how to attract and retain investors in the stock market
  • • Simplify or complicate — developing the regulatory framework to strengthen primary markets

Moderator

  • Natalia Loginova, Moscow Exchange

Speakers

  • • Eduard Dzhabarov, Sber
  • • Petr Kryuchkov, Glorax
  • • Anton Malkov, T-Bank
  • • Andrey Rusetsky, First Asset Management, JSC
  • • Nazar Shchetinin, Vredny Investor
Moscow Hall
Regulatory technologies as a tool for dealing with unfair practices

Agenda items

  • • Reform of insider trading and market manipulation legislation
  • • RegTech solutions for detecting unfair practices
  • • Working with big data in regulation
  • • Application of AI in monitoring non-standard transactions

Moderator

  • Irina Grekova, Moscow Exchange

Speakers

  • • Kirill Lisenkov, Sber
  • • Timofey Martynov, Smart-Lab
  • • Ilya Munerman, Interfax
  • • Viktor Nesterenko, Novatek
  • • Kirill Pronin, Bank of Russia

17:30 – 18:45

Breakout sessions • Agenda items

Ballroom 1
Alternative investments as a driver for exchange market growth

Agenda items

  • • The role of alternative assets in the 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

Moderator

  • Sergey Shvetsov, Moscow Exchange

Speakers

  • • Deya bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Riyada Group
  • • Anton Berlin, Nornickel
  • • Mikhail Kamensky, an art critic
  • • Yulia Kim, Managing Partner, Polaris Capital
  • • Sergey Takhiev, ALROSA
  • • Pavel Titov, Abrau-Durso Winery
Ballroom 2
Collective investments: driving retail investors to the financial market

Agenda items

  • • Increasing unit liquidity
  • • Transparency and accessibility of information
  • • Mutual fund renaissance: what are investors buying

Moderator

  • Boris Blokhin, Moscow Exchange

Speakers

  • • Andrey Bershadsky, First Asset Management, JSC
  • • Anna Volodina, NSD
  • • Vladimir Kirillov, VIM Investments Management Company
  • • Irina Krivosheeva, Alfa-Capital Management Company
  • • Sergey Pirogov, Heroes Management Company
  • • Olga Shishlyannikova, Bank of Russia
Moscow Hall
The gold standard of liquidity: precious metals in times of crisis

Agenda items

  • • Record prices for precious metals: what's next?
  • • Development and use of commodity indicators in the Russian market
  • • The bullion and coin market: will there be a flow into ETFs, impersonal metal accounts, and DFAs?
  • • Gold instruments of the financial market

Moderator

  • Anton Nikitin, Moscow Exchange

Speakers

  • • Arina Kostryukova, Moscow Exchange
  • • Vladimir Kostyukov, Seligdar
  • • Elena Magera, Sovcombank
  • • Larisa Selyutina, Bank of Russia
  • • Alexander Tikhomirov, Diamond World

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