The total volume of small and medium-sized business bond issues organized with the participation of SME Bank in 2024 amounted to 8.2 billion rubles, which is more than 3 times higher than in 2023. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Economic Development.
In 2024, SME Bank acted as an anchor investor for almost 40 SME companies that place their bonds on the Moscow Stock Exchange. Of these, 20 companies entered the stock market for the first time with the support of a subsidiary bank of the SME Corporation. The volume of investments of the SME Bank currently amounts to over 2 billion rubles.
Companies from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Penza, Chelyabinsk, and Nizhny Novgorod became the leaders in the number of applications to SME Bank.
Most often, entrepreneurs working in the fields of industry, agriculture, IT, trade, and the financial sector applied for anchor investments and assistance in organizing graduation.
