Ринок фінансового посередництва

Abstract
There was theoretical going exposed in the article with definition of financial mediation essence, grounded role and importance of financial mediation in the market economy. The article is devoted to the study of theoretical approaches to determining the nature of financial mediation, grounding the role and importance of financial mediation in the market economy. Financial intermediaries play an important role in the money market functioning and through it in the market economy development, their economic goal consists in providing basic money market entities with highest favorable conditions for their successful operating. Review of financial intermediary’s activity indicates their important role in the funds transferring within the financial system, to make easier this process between «points of savings excess» and «points of savings shortage». Complex and various structures of the institutions engaged in the savings mobilization and its further investments with the income obtaining purpose, ensures the effectiveness of financial intermediaries activity. Review of the different author’s approaches to the study of «financial mediation» and scientific views systematization gives consideration to assert different interpretations and collision of the concept essence definition that more fully revealed through its classification. This will provide an opportunity to highlight those financial intermediaries that are crucial and important according to its functional purpose and nature of the services provided. In particular, it’s worth noting that financial service is the product of financial intermediary’s activity. International researches show that there is more productive growth of national wealth in the countries with a developed system of financial intermediaries, which mean « relatively higher accumulated financial potential per unit of GDP». Financial institutions in advanced economies perform the redistribution of financial assets among market participants, forwarding to its savings. Ukraine belongs to the countries with the developing economies and, consequently, financial mediation is in the early stages of development. The volume of capital attracted by financial intermediary describes its position among companies of such type. They try to improve the quality and moderateness of its services competing with each other and to provide additional benefits to shareholders. The presence of such internal group competition makes financial intermediaries to reduce their costs of doing business in order to decreasing value of their services. There are also intergroup competition occurs. Financial intermediaries functioning play a vital role in ensuring public welfare and have a positive impact on the economy of Ukraine over promotion of the efficient capital allocation and ability of investment resources extension.
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Keywords
фінансове посередництво, банк, фінансові послуги, financial mediation, bank, financial services
Citation
Крук В. Ринок фінансового посередництва / Володимир Крук, Володимир Ковтун // Ринок цінних паперів. – 2014. – № 11–12. – С. 21–25.