Baku, Azerbaijan, July 12
By Azad Hasanli – Trend:
Azerbaijan’s State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) and Central Bank (CBA) each sold $100 million to 29 banks through an auction, CBA said July 12.
SOFAZ will continue selling foreign currency through auctions in 2016. The foreign currency is sold as part of SOFAZ’s transfers to the Azerbaijani state budget, which are envisaged to stand at 7.615 billion Azerbaijani manats in 2016.
SOFAZ was established in 1999 with assets of $271 million.
As of April 1, 2016, SOFAZ’s assets increased by 2 percent and amounted to $34.25 billion as compared to $33.57 billion in early 2016.