Russians massively trying to get qualified investor status - Frank RG
There is a multiple increase in the number of orders from clients who want to upgrade their status to a qualified investor. The growth is recorded before the entry into force of the rules of the Central Bank, which will complicate the process of obtaining status
In "Tinkoff Investments", "within an hour after the Central Bank press conference", which took place on July 20 and where new criteria for the status of "qualified" were announced, "there were about 2 thousand applications on this topic".
At Finam, during the week from July 20 to 27 the number of clients who received the status of qualified investors increased more than tenfold as compared with previous periods.