Astana Financial Services Authority has completed second series of public webinars for financial community of Kazakhstan

Astana Financial Services Authority in cooperation with the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan has held a series of webinars for the representatives of the financial sector of Kazakhstan.

The webinars were intended to raise awareness of Kazakhstan’s financial community on setting up in AIFC, regulatory regime in AIFC, operation of banks and investment funds in AIFC and covered following topics:

• 10 February 2021 – The Licensing of AIFC Participants
• 17 February 2021 – Comparative analysis of regulatory requirements for banks in the AIFC and branches of international banks in accordance with Kazakhstani legislation
• 24 February 2021 – Prudential regulation of banks in the AIFC
• 3 March 2021 – Regulation of collective investment schemes in the AIFC

The events attracted over 180 participants from the Kazakhstani finance sector and gave opportunity for the participants to learn more about regulatory environment of the AIFC. These are second series of webinars which have built on the success of first series of webinars conducted in September – October 2020.

AFSA is keen to organize more webinars for the public and will continue its efforts of increasing awareness on conducting operations in and from AIFC.

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