October 31, 2024
AFSA Hotline Services

Welcome to the Astana Financial Services Authority Ethics, Corruption and Speak Up line! We, the Astana Financial Services Authority (“AFSA”), adhere to the principles of business integrity, honesty and transparency, and pay great attention to its colleagues and partners’ compliance with those principles. The AFSA Ethics, Corruption and Speak Up line is an opportunity to […]

October 30, 2024
Capital Markets

Supervision refers to overseeing of AIFC Regulations and Rules. AFSA’s Regulatory Office performs effective ongoing supervision of Authorised Market Institutions and associated individuals. AFSA’s Regulatory Office adopts a risk-based approach to the regulation and supervision of all regulated firms in order to concentrate its resources on the mitigation of risks to its objectives. AFSA’s Regulatory Office […]

October 30, 2024
Anti-Money Laundering

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF) & Sanctions Compliance Money laundering and terrorist financing can destabilise communities, economic sectors, or whole national economies. Criminals and terrorist networks may be able to carry out their criminal and potentially destructive activities through undetected financial support structures. The AFSA as a supervisory authority is committed to maintaining a […]

October 30, 2024
About Supervision

We are committed to promoting the integrity and soundness of AIFC’s financial system. In supervising regulated firms, we aim to ensure that AIFC’s participating companies conduct business in a responsible and accountable manner, which contributes to sustainable financial markets within AIFC, Kazakhstan and beyond. The firms that we supervise vary in size, complexity, the risks […]

October 30, 2024
Firms

It regulates the Participants of the Centre who provide financial and ancillary services and activities in the capital markets on the territory of the AIFC. AFSA is also the regulator of AFSA-registered companies that provide non-financial services.

October 30, 2024
Supervision

Supervision refers to overseeing of AIFC Regulations and Rules. The AFSA Regulatory Office performs effective ongoing supervision of authorized institutions and individuals. The AFSA Regulatory Office adopts a risk-based approach to the regulation and supervision of all regulated firms in order to concentrate its resources on the mitigation of risk to its objectives. The AFSA Regulatory Office will […]

October 28, 2024
Our Jurisdiction

The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) means the area within the City of Astana determined by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the area where the special legal regime in the financial sphere established by the Constitutional Statute of the Republic of Kazakhstan On the Astana International Financial Centre applies. According to the […]

October 28, 2024
About AFSA
October 22, 2024
International Cooperation

AFSA pursues international cooperation as a reputable, reliable and trusted financial services regulator under multilateral cooperation mechanisms and bilateral cooperation. As such AFSA engages in multilateral and bilateral relations. Multilateral cooperation is pursued with a view of AFSA’s priorities to apply global standards espoused by global standard setters and keep regulatory framework of the AIFC aligned with latest […]