Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and the Silk Road Fund expressed interest in investing into the Astana International Financial Centre (Kazakhstan) , AIFC Governor Kairat Kelimbetov told a press briefing on Wednesday.
“The Goldman Sachs Group and the Silk Road Fund, which is the parent agency implementing the One Belt, One Road initiative, are very interested in becoming financial investors within the Shareholders Agreement of AIFC Exchange,” Kairat Kelimbetov said, answering the reporters’ questions.
At the same time, AIFC Governor admitted the decision has not been made yet and drew attention to proposals from other investors.
“We have also received many other proposals. We will inform mass media [of our decision] in the course of this year. In principle, our approach is that we are open to more investors becoming our participants,” Kairat Kelimbetov added.
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