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<strong>The</strong> <strong>BRICS</strong> <strong>Securities</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Derivatives</strong> <strong>Markets</strong>3.1 Market segmentsProducts of Moscow Exchange can be classified into forex, corporate securities, governmentsecurities <strong>and</strong> derivatives (financial <strong>and</strong> commodity). Moscow Exchange also extends itsoffering of commodity products through its associate, National Mercantile Exchange(NAMEX). Besides on-exchange products, Moscow Exchange operates an OTC marketwhich has several systems for reporting OTC trades. One function of the OTC market is tofacilitate trading in securities of foreign issuers, including depository receipts (DRs) on thesesecurities.<strong>The</strong> post-trade processing of transactions on Moscow Exchange is h<strong>and</strong>led by its fivesubsidiaries — National Clearing Centre (NCC), RTS Clearing Centre (RTS-CC), NationalSettlement Depository (NSD), Depository Clearing Company (DCC) <strong>and</strong> RTS SettlementChamber (RTS-SC) — for different securities market sectors (see below) <strong>and</strong> asset classes.NCC <strong>and</strong> RTS-CC are the clearing houses for the forex market <strong>and</strong> derivatives marketrespectively. <strong>The</strong>y also provide clearing services for different sectors of the securitiesmarket. Settlement <strong>and</strong> depository services for the securities market are provided by NSD<strong>and</strong> DCC. RTS-SC is a non-banking credit institution which provides settlement services totrading participants on Moscow Exchange. As the post-trade facilities of a merged exchange,these five institutions are in the process of integration.3.2 Forex marketForex trading is a significant business segment of Moscow Exchange, given that MICEX wasfounded in 1992 as a currency exchange. In 2011, total trading volume on the on-exchangecurrency market reached RUB86.8 trillion (US$3 trillion), representing 29% of the aggregateturnover on the regulated markets of Moscow Exchange. <strong>The</strong> electronic currency tradingsystem of MICEX supports trading (including currency swaps) in US dollar, euro, Ukrainianhryvnia, Kazakhstan tenge, Belarusian rouble <strong>and</strong>, since December 2010, Chinese renminbi(RMB). Similar to the global market, forex trading on MICEX has been dominated by USdollar <strong>and</strong> euro, which account for almost 100% of the trading volume.3.3 <strong>Securities</strong> marketsCorporate securities listed on Moscow Exchange comprise equities (including Russi<strong>and</strong>epository receipts (RDRs)), corporate debt securities <strong>and</strong> investment funds, <strong>and</strong> are traded onthree sectors — Main Market (formerly under MICEX), St<strong>and</strong>ard, <strong>and</strong> Classica (formerlyunder RTS-SE). <strong>The</strong> Main Market is the most liquid sector, accounting for over 80% ofequity turnover <strong>and</strong> more than 99% of bond trading volume in the Russian securities market.Figure 3-1 shows the market capitalisation of domestic listed companies <strong>and</strong> the annualsecurities turnover on MICEX from 2002 to 2011.- 9 - Research & Corporate Development, HKEx31 December 2012

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