Legally investment classifications

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The article deals with issues related to the classification of investments. These issues have repeatedly attracted the attention of specialists, giving reasons for research. It is shown that the economic and legal literature, investments are systematized on various grounds, for example, the division of investments by investment objects, by sources of capital attraction, by timing and degree of risk. Much attention is given to the relationship between economic and legal classifications of investments, as well as their consolidation in investment legislation, in order to solve legally significant issues arising in practice. It is stressed that investment classification depending on the forms of organization of investment activities (individual and collective) has been reflected in regulations concerning investment funds, investment platforms, investment of funded pensions, and the stock market. These acts fix the features of collective investment with the help of mutual funds, investment platforms (including crowdfunding), non-governmental pension funds and trust managers. Thus, certain legally significant consequences are associated with the presence or absence of a classification feature. Therefore, in order to apply special provisions of investment legislation, it is necessary to identify which type of investment specific investments belong to.

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Anna M. Lapteva

NRU HSE – St. Petersburg

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Email: laptevaann@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9636-0742

PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Financial Law

Russian Federation, 16 Soyuz Pechatnikov str., 190121 St. Petersburg

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