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June 12, Fineko/abc.az. The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) expanded its gross official foreign exchange reserves on the back of strategic market interventions and optimized asset portfolio returns.

According to ABC.AZ, navigating the core treasury balance sheets of the regulatory report:

• Reserves Expansion: Throughout the reporting year, the CBA’s official FX reserves grew by USD 555.4 million (or 5.1%), stabilizing at USD 11.5 billion. The growth vector was fundamentally driven by domestic market liquidity absorption, portfolio management yields, and favorable exchange rate differentials.

• Portfolio ROI: Asset management operations yielded a net profit of USD 505.5 million, translating into an aggregate portfolio return of 4.6%, outperforming baseline global benchmarks. Portfolio management relied on internal trading desks supplemented by institutional external asset managers.