Research of the Market Structure of Russian Corporate Bonds (Example of the Fuel and Energy Complex and Heavy Industry)

Abstract

An important direction for the stabilization of economic development is the existence of effective mechanisms for attracting financial resources by business entities. Due to its investment capacity, Russia’s corporate securities market plays an important role in the financial system of the state. The need for economic recovery (after crisis, military-political, sanction and other force majeure circumstances) also requires the widespread use of corporate securities as equity capital raising instruments. The formation of the corporate securities market enables the financing of the needs of economic entities in the three institutional sectors – financial, non-financial corporations and households. In spite of the importance of access to financial resources of contractors of all institutional sectors, financing of the sector of non-financial corporations (enterprises-subjects of the real sector of economy) in today’s conditions determines the rates and proportions of economic development. Enterprises – market participants decide the issue of attracting the necessary resources through the issue of various equity and debt corporate securities. This determines their investment position in capital markets and, at the same time, reveals the ability to use the investment potential of the corporate securities market.In this regard, the article deals with the peculiarities of the formation of the market for Russian corporate bonds. Various indexes of corporate bonds of the Moscow Stock Exchange are considered. A detailed analysis of the placement of corporate bond loans in the sectors of the fuel and energy industry and heavy industry has been conducted. The main dominant industries, attractive for investors in recent years, as well as branches in which the investment decline is observed, are revealed.The conducted researches can serve as the basis for the development of practical recommendations for improving the efficiency of the functioning of the corporate securities market.