About the RAFMM

Russian Association of Financial Market Members (the RAFMM) is a noncommercial organization which was founded for the purpose of strengthening the basis of civilized interrelations between all domestic participants of the international financial markets, the trading volume increase of the Russian financial market segment, the rise of the deals' profitability and safety, as well as every possible assistance to the development process of the international financial centre in Russia. For this goals achievement the RAFMM, as official partnership of the financial markets companies-participants, uses a voluntary certification and licensing of its participants, as mutually advantageous confidence and partnership system.

Besides, Russian Association of Financial Market Members (the RAFMM) has the following goals:

• The realization of the steady high quality and responsibility level of the provided brokerage services by the RAFFM participants;
• The transparency and safety of the Russian financial markets;
• Domestic and international law-abidingness in the financial service sphere by participants of the RAFMM, in particular, the legislation about anti-money laundering;
• The advocacy of the civilized rules and usual international business practice and fair competition between the RAFMM participants, fair arbitration of the disputes;
• Assistance to improvement of the legislative and normative base of the Russian segment in the international financial markets;
• The authority and reputation increase of the financial broker and financial dealer professions, as a reliable assistant and consultant for the Russian middle class;
• The improvement of the information-analytic support of the financial markets'participants;
• The realization of the research and educational programs on the improvement of the Russian population financial illiteracy, the involvement in the business intercourse of the financial markets for a larger quantity of the country's citizens as the factor of their welfare and competitive ability growth.

In such a way the principal activity of the Russian Association of Financial Markets Members (the RAFMM) includes the following directions:

• The certification of the professional level;
• The licensing of the activities;
• The dispute arbitration;
• Education;
• Information;
• Insurance and protection.

The participants of the Russian Association of Financial Market Members (the RAFMM) always open door to the defendant financial brokers sharing all goals, problems and values mentioned above. One of the major working principles is not only the permanent improvement of the internal structure and regulatory documents, but also the increase in the Association membership.