Russia’s Financial Institutions: Quality and Quiddity

Russia's financial markets have strengthened considerably over the past twenty-five years, with lessons learned and institutions emerging to regulate and stabilize during crises and create positive conditions for investment during good times. The work of these experts on Russia's financial institutions shows their influence on corporate development and regulations.

Issues for Discussion

• How strong are Russia’s financial institutions?
• How do financial regulations affect institutional development?
• How does corporate finance contribute to national financial institutions?
• What is the role of financial institutions in current economic growth?
• Is the financial system a public good?

Moderator

• Carol Leonard

  Professor and Director, Center for Russian Studies, RANEPA

Participants

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  Maxim Buev

  Dean, Faculty of Economics, European University at St. Petersburg

• Laurence Kotlikoff

  Professor, Boston University

• Michael Khromov

  Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory of Structural Studies, RANEPA

• Dmitry Makarov

  Associate Professor, International Institute of Economics and Finance, National Research University Higher School of Economics

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  Katharina Pistor

  Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law, Columbia University; Director, Center on Global Legal Transformation

• Sergey Romanchuk

  Head of Operations, Foreign Exchange and Money Market, Metallinvestbank JSCB; President, ACI Russia

• Oleg Shibanov

  Professor, the Russian Economic School

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  Koen Schoors

  Professor, University of Ghent

• Grzegorz W. Kolodko

  Professor, Kozminski University; Director, Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research (TIGER); Finance Minister of Poland (1994-1997, 2002-2003)

• Marina Rudneva

  General Director, FUTURE Financial Group