Investment Platforms in the Infrastructure of the Financial Market of the Russian Federation

Today investment platforms are at the stage of formation and development, and they do not occupy an essential share of the financial market. However, digital data processing, automated service provision, availability of financial resources and minimum costs of transaction processing are the factors stimulating market development in the Russian Federation. The article presents the research results of investment platforms in the Russian Federation. The authors gave a comparative assessment of platforms in the domestic financial market. The article described the problems and prospects of developing crowdfund investments in the Russian Federation. In the analysis of investment platforms the author used general scientific methods, such as comparison, generalization and the logical approach. As a result of the conducted research the author draws the conclusion that the volumes and number of transactions on Russian investment platforms increase. However, this method of capital investment did not reach the level of necessary standards which would give the chance of its universal application. Moreover, this way of project financing implies essential risks which are much higher in the Russian Federation, than in the European countries. The lack of the platform activity state regulation and inability to control the platform at the Smart System level is the paramount reason of that risks.