Kazakh-Hong Kong dual listing an 'icebreaker' for regional belt and road businesses

A recent dual-listing at the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) in Kazakhstan has been hailed as an "icebreaker" for Kazakh and Chinese issuers who are showing growing interest in pursuing cross-border equity and debt deals. According to AIFC's governor Renat Bekturov, the debut of tungsten miner Jiaxin International Resources on both the Hong Kong and Kazakh stock exchanges last month sparked "a lot of interest" from Kazakh and Chinese companies wanting to follow suit. "It was an icebreaker, p ...