Financing infrastructure in Russia by raising funds from private pension funds

In recent years, the development of infrastructure in the Russian Federation has become relevant. This will increase the level of economic development of the country. However, infrastructure projects require significant investments and often have a long payback period. The state is not able to fully finance infrastructure projects at the expense of budget funds, which increases the relevance of the use of new sources of funds. The purpose of the study: To determine the potential for financing infrastructure projects in the Russian Federation through investments of private pension funds. As the main research method, the article used the trend analysis method to assess the financial potential of pension savings of private pension funds to finance infrastructure projects in the country. As part of the work, the role of infrastructure projects for the development of the Russian economy was highlighted, the features of financing infrastructure projects using the mechanism for issuing targeted government bonds were investigated, the financial potential of private pension funds for financing Russian infrastructure projects was determined. © SGEM 2019.