AIX chief executive: "liquidity breeds liquidity breeds liquidity"

Timothy Bennett, CEO of the Astana International Exchange, talks to FinanceAsia about how his lessons learnt running the NZX will help get Kazakhstan's second stock exchange's engine running.

Central Asia reform

Nose down: Kazakhstan’s stalled privatisation back on course

After notable silence, Kazakhstan looks set to push ahead with its privatisation programme in 2020. Although unlikely before the second quarter, investors and bankers see good reason its top three major state-owned entities will engage the markets.

Ready for growth

By First Metro Investment Corporation

ICBC: Global markets business heading towards better quality and efficiency

By ICBC

A Chinese Renaissance

By Huatai International

Capital market reforms

Exclusive: Pakistan’s SEC chairman goes public on his 2020 reform agenda

Aamir Khan was parachuted into the top job in mid-August and has since swept through the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan streamlining and simplifying regulations. He spoke to FinanceAsia about his vision to re-ignite the country’s capital markets.

Capital markets reform

Pakistan's pipeline: Bankers expect up to six IPOs in 2020

After a lacklustre few years thanks in part to over-regulation, Pakistan is cleaning up its image for issuers and investors and betting on simplified IPO rules to catalyse the market. Three IPOs are waiting for approval and more are in the wings, bankers claim.

International trade

Q&A: Bridging the financial divide between Russia and China

Russian bank VTB plans to knit together the financial infrastructure to support booming trade between the two nations.

Frontier markets

Uzbekistan's privatisation attracts Chinese and Russian bidders

The former Soviet republic’s messy sale of its prize assets will likely drag out, but ultimately Russian and Chinese investment will trickle down to Uzbeks and boost local stock prices.

Central Asia

Uzbekistan embraces the international capital markets

After years as a closed economy, the central Asian republic sold a dollar-denominated benchmark in February. One bank followed in November and other issues are planned for next year.

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