The Concept and Essence of Behavioral Supervision of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

Abstract

The subject of the study are the norms of Russian and foreign financial legislation and other sources of law regulating the activities of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on supervision of the behavior of participants in the financial market of the Russian Federation. The object of the study is the social relations arising in the implementation of behavioral supervision of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. The author examines in detail such aspects of the topic as the concept and essence of behavioral supervision of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Particular attention is paid to the concepts of the phenomenon under study that have developed in practice and science during the period of supervision by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for the detection of unfair practices in the financial market. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the author has considered in detail the concept and essence of one of the instruments of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation – "behavioral supervision". Behavioral supervision is a tool designed to identify and counter unfair practices in the sale of financial products and services, as well as other patterns of behavior of financial market entities that violate the rights and freedoms in the financial market. In a number of foreign countries, behavioral supervision has long found its place in the system of control and supervisory measures of the relevant state bodies. In Russia, behavioral supervision is a formative legal category, the legal consolidation of which is absent in legislation. Based on the analysis of foreign legislation and law enforcement practice of the Bank of Russia, the article formulates the concept of behavioral supervision and its essential features.