The bank lending market stalled in 2016, giving rise to fundraising through the domestic corporate bond market. The market growth was driven up primarily by increase in foreign-currency loans. Like in previous years, about 25% of new bonded loans in the rouble bond segment were issued by...

In March, the situation on Russia's domestic corporate bond market began to show some signs of stabilization, displayed by key market indicators, such as the market volume and the marker index, as well as issuer activity; the weighted average effective yield on bond issues declined, although its...