Infrastructure of the securities market of the Republic of Belarus: characteristics and analysis of the basic elements

The efficiency of the functioning of the securities market is largely determined by the level of development and functional characteristics of its infrastructure. The purpose of the work is to develop recommendations for improving the infrastructure of the securities market of the Republic of Belarus on the basis of clarifying the essence and determining its elements, analyzing the current state and determining the needs of the market. The article contains definitions and characteristics of the basic elements of the securities market infrastructure such as trading, depositary, settlement and clearing systems, market information support systems, as well as the institution of professional participants in the securities market represented by brokers, dealers and trustees. The paper presents a brief overview of the volume indicators of the securities market of Belarus, presents the results of a comparison of the composition of the basic infrastructure elements of the securities market of Belarus and the EAEU countries. Based on the results of the analysis, conclusions were drawn about the ability of the existing infrastructure to provide technical and informational interaction of its participants, recommendations were formulated for improving the domestic securities market and its infrastructure.