How I was looking for an intermediary to play on the MICEX stock exchange
An interesting day turned out. I got out to the city in the afternoon on business, I decided at the same time to open a brokerage account somewhere for trading on the MICEX. Before that, I searched the Internet for various brokers and settled on “finame” And “opening” — wrote down their addresses in St. Petersburg on a piece of paper and drove off. First I drove to Finam on Moskovsky Prospekt., I say open an account. But it was not there — after negotiations with Moscow, it turned out that Moscow requires a certified translation of a Lithuanian passport. Young woman, the paperworker turned out to be smart — I understood that why a passport translation is needed if I have a residence permit in Russian, especially since I remembered that I once processed clients for a residence permit without any translations, but Moscow turned out to be unshakable — no translation in any way. OK, if not, then you don't need — I'm too lazy to make this translation, and if such problems began from the first day of meeting Finam, then I can imagine what will happen in the future, so it's better to nip communication with this company in the bud. Moreover, having looked at the list of documents, required for opening an account for foreign citizens, on their website
documents such as translations of passports are not required, but it is required:
“General civil passport or other document, established by the legislation of the Russian Federation or recognized in accordance with an international treaty of the Russian Federation as a document, the identity of a foreign citizen or stateless person”. (Copy with obligatory presentation of the original)”
well, it didn't work out with Finam — going to “Opening”. On the site
address specified — Невский проспект, 19
I went to this address, especially since there is a sign over the entrance “Brokerage house Otkrytie” — that is, there could be no mistake — I went through this door and no other. Walking down a deserted corridor, and a surprised watchman runs out to meet me (or security guard), By the way, similar to the one in the photo on the site. And says, — Where are you? I inform him that I am ready to open a trading account. To which he was even more surprised and said that They are not a bank and do not open any accounts, what confused me. I'm talking — so you have a sign over the door “Brokerage house Otkrytie” and I don't need a bank account, namely trade. But he began to assure me that they did not open any accounts at all., they just work here and that I was clearly wrong. Really, strange situation. I walked around the nearby block one more time, even in the doorway, but the sign “Brokerage house Otkrytie” was only above this entrance, and the address on the site is exactly this.
OK, on this address of brokers on my piece of paper ran out and I went home. Today I will write out a couple more — try my luck :)
