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“The market was attractive for foreign speculators but the central bank saw these moves as dangerous”
Jurgen Rigterink, ABN Amro |
Kazakhstan is about to take another step on the path to becoming a recognized mainstream economy by removing restrictions on its currency, the tenge. The country plans to make the tenge fully convertible this month.
“On January 1 the free flow of capital will be allowed, another step towards the tenge becoming fully convertible later,” says Arken Arystanov, chairman of the Regional Financial Centre of Almaty. The RFCA believes that the tenge’s float will assist corporates particularly, with oil companies expected to open accounts abroad to decrease onshore risks. Changes will also mean that the special licensing requirements needed to trade tenge will be removed, which is said to be attracting considerable interest among international banks. Goldman Sachs is among those believed to be looking at the opportunities that...
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