RTS today is the best possible entry point to the Russian and CIS market for foreign investors as RTS always strives to meet goals and needs of a wide variety of investors. We take into account all factors that are important to foreign investors interested in the stock market. The most notable of these are liquidity, reliability, instruments, convenience of applied technologies and the costs of transactions.
RTS Classica Market, the oldest organized securities market in Russia, was launched on July 5, 1995. RTS Classica offers trading in a wide range of securities – over 500 stocks, bonds and fund shares. Quotation Lists À1, À2 and B include top quality instruments whose issuers meet the stern requirements of RTS to information disclosure and corporate conduct. Central Counterparty technology provides for anonymity of settlement, enhances the reliability of operations and extends the market participants’ opportunities including settlement in foreign currency for RF residents.
RTS Standard is a new front-rank cash equity market based on the high-end exchange technologies employed worldwide. The new market is targeted at a wider client base including professional market participants, institutional investors, hedge funds and individuals. One of the major benefits offered by RTS Standard is the portfolio approach to risk management on the derivatives and cash equity markets. It opens up new opportunities for the participants holding positions on both markets and for arbitrage players in terms of reduced funding costs. RTS Standard is aimed at building up the liquidity of the Russian securities market and boosting development of the infrastructure. The new market has been designed with regard to the current needs of both Russian and foreign investors.
Futures & Options on RTS (FORTS) has the widest range of instruments – 47 futures and options contracts on equities, commodities, indices, currency. The financial instruments are actively used by global investors, and some contracts are among the most liquid instruments in the world, according to the international ratings. According to the FIA’s report, FORTS, the RTS derivatives market, holds the 12th position in the top 30 global derivatives exchanges rating.
The convenience of applied technologies is one of the crucial factors needed for raising effectiveness of trading. RTS has implemented such advanced technologies as an evening trading session up to 23:50 MSK which gives an opportunity to trade during trading hours of all global exchanges. Settlement is possible both in US dollars and Russian roubles. Trading in both securities and derivative instruments from a single account gives a great number of opportunities and tools for all types of investors to realize various strategies and maximize the effectiveness of the invested funds on both markets. Another technology successfully applied on RTS is FIX protocol (FInancial eXchange protocol), a global standard for exchange of financial data.
Today foreign investors can be assured that when trading and investing in Russian assets they get first class exchange service conforming to the highest world standards.
