The Bank of Russia has approved new requirements for obtaining the status of a qualified investor

11:30; 17 July 2025 year

The Bank of Russia has approved new requirements for obtaining qualified investor status, which will enter into force on July 28, 2025.

The main criterion is the amount of income: to obtain the status of a qualified investor, you must have an annual income of at least 12 million rubles over the past two years. At the same time, income from the sale of real estate will not be taken into account.

When combined with other criteria (advanced testing, education, or academic degree), the minimum income threshold is reduced to 6 million rubles.

Changes have been made to the educational criterion: instead of the general requirement for higher economic education, a specific list of specialties has been established. Now a person can obtain the status of a qualified investor by having an education in such areas as Accounting, Analysis and Audit, or Taxes and Taxation combined with income of 6 million rubles. The list of considered certificates has also been expanded to include international documents used for investment advisors.

As for the property criterion, the minimum requirements remain unchanged: currently it is 12 million rubles, and from January 1, 2026, the threshold will increase to 24 million rubles. When combined with other criteria, the requirements are halved: to 6 million rubles currently and to 12 million rubles from the beginning of 2026.

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