Kazakhstan toughens requirements to members of the country’s Foreign Investors Council
The Foreign Investors’ Council is an advisory body established to address key issues related to their investment activities in the country, and to improve the investment climate of Kazakhstan.
30 July 2013
Troubled BTA to see new Chairman of Board August 5
Kadyrzhan Damitov, ex Head of the Kazakh Stock Exchange, will take the seat of the BTA Board Chairman: an unidentified source.
30 July 2013
Kazakhstan to spend $92 million on 2013 grain reserves
13.75 billion tenge ($91.7 million) were allocated from the state budget for procurement of grain for the state resources.
29 July 2013
Launch of the Single Pension Fund depends on negotiations between the Government with shareholders of major privately-owned pension funds: Central Bank Governor
Completion of the talks was expected in May-June so that the actual merger could start from July 1. The National Banks expects the talks to be over in August.
29 July 2013
GMAC pays $230 mln to borrowers in foreclosures case
GMAC Mortgage, a defunct unit of Ally Financial, will pay $230 million to borrowers as part of a government review of potentially flawed foreclosures.
27 July 2013
Kashagan to affect oil prices in 2 years
Commercial production at Kashagan field may put some pressure on the oil prices, but in only the long run.
26 July 2013
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev reiterates there are no grounds for tenge depreciation
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has met Gregory Marchenko, the country’s Central Bank Governor.
26 July 2013
Debt, shadow finance bedevil China's economy
Decades of breakneck expansion have given China gleaming skyscrapers and sleek railways, but brought piles of debt.
26 July 2013
Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor on plans to issue a 20-thousand-tenge note
The issue has nothing to do with devaluation. The new note is being issued to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Tenge, Kazakhstan’s national currency: Gregory Marchenko.
26 July 2013
Kazakhstan’s Central Bank seeks to maintain inflation within 6-8%
Despite the lingering uncertainty of the global economy, Kazakhstan’s economy has been stable, with the GDP growing 5.1% in the H1 2013. The annual inflation stands at 5.9%: Economy Minister.
25 July 2013