Workshop at the Branch

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 “US foreign investor’s perspectives in investing in the Uzbekistan stock market” is the theme of workshop organized at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in Tashkent.

As a part of the activity of the Council on Science and Innovation, on November 11, 2019 a workshop by Chief Investment Officer at Asia Frontier Capital Uzbekistan Fund Mr. Scott Osheroffwas held at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in Tashkent.

Scott Osheroff interacts actively with the participants in private and public sectors associated with capital markets of Uzbekistan. It carries out cooperation aimed at promoting the development of capital markets to ensure equal conditions in the conditions of the need for successful state privatization.

Asia Frontier Capital Ltd. (AFC) launched the AFC Uzbekistan Fund, an investment fund that will specialize in the Uzbek stock market.

The purpose of this fund is to achieve long-term capital growth for investors, by extracting value from growing listed companies over the next 5-7 years, with a predominant focus on private sector companies and public facilities subject to privatization. The investment mandate of the fund includes local companies that operate mainly in Uzbekistan, as well as foreign listed companies that carry out most of their activities in Uzbekistan and neighboring countries (Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan).

Representatives of authority, faculty of the Branch, specialists of a number of departments and students of PREU in Tashkent took an active part in the event.