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November 26, Fineko/abc.az. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to invest in both public and private companies in Azerbaijan.

ABC.AZ reports that the ADB has announced its readiness to participate as a direct investor in the issue of Azerbaijani companies at the capital market. This was announced by the bank's private sector development specialist Sanan Shabanov during his speech at the Caspian Investment Forum.

According to Shabanov, the participation of more than 25,000 informed potential investors in last year's ABB mass share issue (IPO) indicates an increased interest in the local capitalization process, which means that there will be no shortage of demand in the market. Shabanov noted that the ADB has already acted as an “anchor investor” in the Georgian railway project and is ready to fulfill the same role in Azerbaijan.

He pointed out that there are no problems on the part of the issuer, and there are enough financial directors in Azerbaijan who are well versed in the capital market. But in order to increase companies' market entry, they must be offered commercially profitable and understandable mechanisms.