SPB Exchange will focus on the development of the market of issuers under Western sanctions, Evgeny Serdyukov, CEO of the exchange, told RBC Investments. Trading platform has experience in creating new markets and conducting mass IPOs, as well as ready infrastructure to become a key platform for the placement of securities of such issuers, he said. In addition, the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Russia earlier proposed to allow NPFs to participate in small IPOs.