Bank of Russia Launches Digital Showcase to Compare Over 400 Mutual Funds

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The Central Bank of Russia has launched a special data showcase on its website, providing information on all mutual investment funds available to retail investors. The new service aims to increase transparency in the collective investment market and help citizens make more informed investment decisions.

Currently, there are over 400 such funds in Russia, offering various investment strategies — from investing in stocks and bonds to instruments in the money market, real estate, and other assets. However, the performance of these funds varies significantly, with returns ranging from negative values to around 30% annually. Additionally, management fees and other expenses differ, affecting the final financial outcome for investors.

Users can access key characteristics of the funds, including their type, investment strategy, performance over the last 12 months, management company fees, and information on discounts and premiums when buying or selling fund units (paevyie).

The regulator emphasizes that the service is based solely on publicly available information from trust management rules and official fund reports. Data updates are planned on a monthly basis.

The Central Bank stresses that past performance does not guarantee future returns. Therefore, investors are advised to consider not only performance metrics but also other fund parameters and to study additional materials published by the management company before making investment decisions.

It is expected that the data from the new showcase will be useful not only for individual investors but also for professional market participants to create analytical services and investment products. The project will operate in a test mode until the end of the current year.