| Kazakhstan plans to sell stakes of at least 25 percent in 43 large state-owned companies via initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2016-17, the Samruk-Kazyna sovereign wealth fund said. The government faces a plunge in revenues from oil, Kazakhstan's main export. President Nursultan Nazarbayev told a government meeting on Wednesday he wanted Kazakh businessmen and companies to take part in the privatisations.
The stakes will be sold on the floor of the oil-rich nation's financial centre being built in the capital Astana, the fund said. The businesses to go public include oil and gas company KazMunaiGas, uranium company Kazatomprom, railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy and mining firm Tau-ken Samruk, it said............................................Full Article: Source
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