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Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA)

Government Agency
afsa.kz
Financial Services200+ employeesFounded 2018🇰🇿 Kazakhstan

AFSA was established as a result of the initiative of the former President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and operates as per the Constitutional Statute relating to the Astana International Financial Centre, dated December 2015. The AIFC aims to attract inward investment to the Kazakh economy through the establishment of an attractive and business-friendly environment for financial services and capital markets, including securities, insurance, banking and Islamic finance. The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) is the independent regulator of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) established under the Constitutional Statute to regulate financial services and related activities in the AIFC. AFSA's purpose is to facilitate business by maintaining the safety and robustness of the AIFC financial system and to ensure that financial markets in the AIFC are fair, efficient and transparent. The AIFC Regulations and Rules provide for the authorisation, registration, recognition and supervision of financial firms and market institutions. AFSA mission is to create and maintain a regulatory environment for fair and transparent financial markets.

Founded
2018
Employees
200+
Industry
Financial Services
Company type
Government Agency
Headquarters
🇰🇿55/17 Mangilik El Avenue, C 3.2 Pavilion, Astana, Kz (+1)
Specialties
Financial Services
0 / 1
Active markets
Bulgaria
0
New markets
Low
Confidence
mostly early signals
0%
Momentum
vs prior period
31 / 100
Expansion Score
Developing
Stages1Investing
No signals · Last 90 days

Global expansion

Live
Bulgaria
Stages
ExploringInvestingLandingOperating

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1
🇧🇬Bulgaria1st market entered · 2024Advancing
Investing
1 signalInvesting stage
Current stageInvestingCommitting resources
Confidence24%Low
Tracking since2024first signal

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AFSA was established as a result of the initiative of the former President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and operates as per the Constitutional Statute relating to the Astana International Financial Centre, dated December 2015. The AIFC aims to attract inward investment to the Kazakh economy through the establishment of an attractive and business-friendly environment for financial services and capital markets, including securities, insurance, banking and Islamic finance. The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) is the independent regulator of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) established under the Constitutional Statute to regulate financial services and related activities in the AIFC. AFSA's purpose is to facilitate business by maintaining the safety and robustness of the AIFC financial system and to ensure that financial markets in the AIFC are fair, efficient and transparent. The AIFC Regulations and Rules provide for the authorisation, registration, recognition and supervision of financial firms and market institutions. AFSA mission is to create and maintain a regulatory environment for fair and transparent financial markets.

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