After the introduction of US sanctions against the Moscow Exchange, the National Settlement Depository and the National Clearing Center, several clients of Finam, Tsifra Broker and BCS World of Investments had millions of US dollars trapped in NCC.
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Representatives of brokerage companies spoke about this at the Smart-Lab RBC Investments conference. Thus, clients of the Finam holding company had 40 million Hong Kong dollars (5 million dollars) and an undetermined amount of US dollars blocked.
The president of the investment company, Vladislav Kochetkov, separately stressed that Finam’s own funds are not blocked and that the amounts in question are “very small on a market scale.”
The chief operating officer of the digital broker, Galina Karyakina, said that the client’s currency locked in NCC does not exceed 5% and the main task now is to convert it to rubles.
“At NCC, the entire currency was divided into two parts: “free” and locked,” he explained. “The ‘free’ part will be converted.”
The company intends to apply to the US Office of Foreign Assets Control for a license to unlock the frozen portion.
“BCS World of Investments” does not reveal the amount of frozen currency, but the head of the online broker’s department, Igor Pimonov, notes that these are “minimal figures.” Also, yours, not the client’s.
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Source: RB
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