INFLUENCE OF MUTUAL FUNDS ON INVESTORS’ ECONOMIC VIABILITY IN THE RUSSIAN PLACEMENT MARKET

Today nearly each person knows about mutual funds. In many countries mutual funds are used ac- tively and long ago by pr ivate investors as the instrument for invest in securities. In Russia mutual funds also become such instrument. In this regard in the article the ability of mutual funds to provide profitability to investors in the Rus- sian placement market is considered. A rticle also includes the analysis of mutual funds' emergence dynamics in the Russian placement market and the analysis of the Russian mutual funds' rating on the indicator of profitability of in- vestments that demonstrates the rapid growth of mutual funds' number in Russia and proves their ability to keep and increase savings of shareholders.