Astana International Exchange (AIX) is pleased to announce the launch of its proprietary mobile application for retail investors, “AIX Connect”. The application provides users with convenient and quick access to the news of AIX and its listed companies, as well as real-time market data. The application is available to users of Android and iOS smartphones on Google Play and the Apple Store. At the next stage of application development, AIX plans to add other features such as access to investors’ personal securities portfolio, analytics, price alerts and reminders, as well as online opening of a brokerage account and trading.
Tim Bennett, CEO of AIX, commented:
“Active participation of retail investors in trading on AIX is one of the key factors for the successful development of a liquid capital market. We expect that the “AIX Connect” application will simplify access to the stock exchange for retail investors in Kazakhstan, and as the functionality expands, it will become a convenient tool not only for obtaining information, but also for online trading.”
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AIX was created in 2017 within the AIFC development framework. AIX shareholders are: AIFC, Goldman Sachs, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Silk Road Fund and NASDAQ which provides AIX trading platform. Exchange operates within the regulatory environment familiar to international investors, in the English law jurisdiction. The Exchange has developed and fully operational trading infrastructure. An ecosystem of local and international brokers has been created. AIX successfully held IPO of NAC “Kazatomprom” JSC in November 2018. Polymetal international plc, large mining company, passed dual listing in April 2019. In addition, Eurobonds of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan and corporate bonds of “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy” JSC were placed on the AIX platform. www.aix.kz
AIFC. The AIFC was established on the initiative of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. In December 2015 President Nazarbayev approved the Constitutional Statute “On the Astana International Financial Centre” (AIFC). The aim of the AIFC is to establish a leading international centre for financial services. The objectives of the AIFC are to attract investment into the economy through the establishment of an attractive environment for investment in financial services, develop local capital markets, ensuring their integration with the international capital markets. www.aifc.kz
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