Almaty Invest is a structural division of SEC Almaty established in 2019. Almaty Invest is a bridge between business ideas, researches and governmental, legislative initiatives to attract investments and promote projects.

In November 2020, for the first time in Kazakhstan, a social and entrepreneurial corporation received an international credit rating in the investment category. Fitch Ratings, one of the “Big Three” international rating agencies, has assigned to SEC Almaty a Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) in foreign and local currency: BBB. The forecast is “Stable”.

Investors and entrepreneurs will be able to rely on assigned Fitch credit rating to forecast return on investment taking into account the conditions under which the investment is made and to assess the company reliability.  

The main activities of Almaty Invest:

• Generation of ideas and development of proposals for creating new investment projects
• Project initiating, structuring and packaging 
• Building up high-quality interaction between government agencies and external stakeholders for the project implementation 
• Attracting partners and sponsors
• Working with institutional investors and close interaction with associations, investment committees
• Promotion of projects in the Republic of Kazakhstan and abroad
• Transfer of packaged projects to competent parties for their further implementation and monitoring

Almaty is the largest metropolis, financial, cultural, tourist, and educational center of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Core indicators:

• The city ranks first among all regions of Kazakhstan in doing business according to the World Bank subnational rating 
• For the years of independence, the economy of the metropolis has shown a 100-fold growth
• The city generates a fifth of the GDP and a quarter of the country’s taxes
• In terms of the gross regional product, Almaty ranks first in the Republic
• A third of the largest Kazakhstan taxpayer companies, more than 30 multinational corporations, 90% of bank head offices, 43% of joint ventures and large international organizations are based in Almaty
• The international agency Fitch Ratings has assigned a credit rating to Almaty at the level of a sovereign rating – BBB, which means a low level of investment risk

Almaty Invest managers are always glad to consult and provide comprehensive information, a package of documents and guidelines for an investor in Almaty.