Aksakov proposed stimulating companies to go public through access to government preferential programs

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Russian companies are reluctant to enter the stock market due to the high cost of the IPO procedure and doubts about cost-effectiveness.

The head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, Anatoly Aksakov, said that in order to activate the IPO market it is necessary to make it financially attractive.

He proposed incentivizing companies through access to government preferential programs when entering the stock market.

VLADIVOSTOK, September 5 - RIA Novosti. Russian companies are reluctant to enter the stock market; in order to reverse the trend, it is necessary to make the IPO financially attractive, Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, told RIA Novosti.

“In order for the IPO market to begin to actively develop, there must be demand for company shares, while the companies themselves are reluctant to go to the market. The main deterrent for them is that the procedure itself is expensive, and the lack of faith that these costs will lead to results,” he said in an interview at the WEF-2026.

According to Aksakov, it is necessary to stimulate companies through finance - “if you enter the stock market, you will get access to all the preferential programs that the state supports.”

“Accordingly, those who would like to take advantage of government subsidies will be forced to go not to credit organizations, but to the securities market. And then the market will come to life,” the deputy explained.

The Eastern Economic Forum was held on September 1-4 in Vladivostok on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University. RIA Novosti acted as the general information partner of the EEF.