On the issue of the legal nature of investments

Introduction: despite the need to create a favorable investment climate, the legal regulation of investment in this country has a number of significant drawbacks. The qualityof the legislative regulation of investment relations depends on an objective and deep understanding of the legal nature of investments. In this connection, the author aims to study various approaches to determining the legal nature of investments. Methods: the methodological framework for the research was formed by the methods of formal logic, as well as the specific scientific methods: technical-legal and historical-genetic. Results: the author’s position is based on the current legislation and opinions of the legal scholars on the legal nature of investments. Based on the analysis of the existing laws, the problem of defining investments in these acts and legal science is pointed out. Various approaches to the concept of the “legal nature” category are considered, as well as the opinions on the legal nature of investments and investment contracts. The author’s definition of the category “legal nature” is proposed. Conclusions: as a result, it is concluded that in order to establish a single legal and scientific definition of investments, it is necessaryto establish their legal nature, which, in turn, requires studying and describing the primary properties of investments at the time of the origin of this category in the framework of the economic science.