At least one company under Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund will list on the Hong Kong stock exchange this year, the head of the city’s Trade Development Council has said.Council chairman Frederick Ma Si-hang on Tuesday also underscored the country’s huge potential, noting that Kazakhstan was seeking to privatise its state-owned companies and Hong Kong had emerged as the ideal location due to its mature capital market.A high-level delegation organised by the council and led by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has secured more than 40 wide-ranging partnership agreements in Kazakhstan.
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TUE · 2026-06-02 · 23:30 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0603-81271
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‘At least 1 firm under Kazakh wealth fund will list in Hong Kong this year’
Hong Kong's Trade Development Council chairman, Frederick Ma Si-hang, announced that at least one company from Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund is expected to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange this year. Ma highlighted Kazakhstan's significant potential and its ongoing privatization of state-owned companies, identifying Hong Kong as an ideal listing venue due to its developed capital market.
Jeffie Lam,Wynna WongSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-02 · 23:30 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Hong Kong's Trade Development Council chairman, Frederick Ma Si-hang, announced that at least one company from Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund is expected to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange this year. Ma highlighted Kazakhstan's significant potential and its ongoing privatization of state-owned companies, identifying Hong Kong as an ideal listing venue due to its developed capital market. This development follows a high-level delegation, led by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and organized by the council, which secured over 40 partnership agreements in Kazakhstan. The initiative aims to leverage Hong Kong's financial infrastructure for Kazakh companies seeking to go public.
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A high-level delegation organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council secured more than 40 partnership agreements in Kazakhstan.
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Kazakhstan is seeking to privatise its state-owned companies.
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At least one company under Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund will list on the Hong Kong stock exchange this year.
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Hong Kong has emerged as the ideal location for Kazakh state-owned companies to list due to its mature capital market.
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