Freelance work means working outside the company staff, like private practice. You find customers, do the job and get paid for it. There are many representatives of art professions, IT, or advertising among freelancers. Engineers, teachers, managers,...
During the period from March to May 2020, the number of “life insurance” queries on Google has increased by 50%. This has led to a profound change in the way policies are sold, given that medical examinations have become impossible, writes Adviso...
Estate planning is an ongoing process and should be started as soon as an individual has significant assets. While life does not stand still and person’s goals change, the property allocation scheme is to be changed accordingly. Lack of professiona...
The problem of an aging population is a common problem in all developed countries. Life expectancy is increasing, the number of newborns is decreasing, and ratio of retirees to working people is gradually changing not in favor of the latter. Retireme...
Scientists developed many COVID-19 vaccines, all designed to teach the body's immune system to safely recognize and block the virus that causes COVID-19....
The second largest pension fund is Japan is expecting the highest return since 2001 amid a surge in the global stock market, Pensions & Investments reported....
At the end of 2021 the national currency rate may be at the level of 435 tenge per $1. This forecast was shared by Halyk Finance, LS reports....
According to Ramazan Dossov, a leading analyst of the Financial Institutions’ Association of Kazakhstan (FIAK), investments in tenge not only prevail in the savings structure but also demonstrate steady gradual growth dynamics....
Not all foods high in cholesterol are dangerous to the body, writes RIA Novosti....
The private sector support through government programs should be an extraordinary measure, not a permanent one. A renown financial expert Bolat Zhamishev shared this opinion in an interview with LS....
Life insurance is a financial product that can simultaneously provide insurance protection of property interests and cumulative process, writes The Economic Times....
The National Fund’s assets are $57.6 billion as of end of April 2021, having increased by $530 million over the month. The National Bank Chairman Yerbolat Dossayev shared this at a government meeting, according to the Kapital.kz business informatio...
Life insurance covers the risks associated with disability or death of the insured. The main purpose of this type of insurance is to guarantee the financial security of the insured person or his beneficiaries, according to the Free Press Journal....
More than 71 billion tenge were allocated to fight the coronavirus this year, according to the SHIF (Social Health Insurance Fund) executive Bolat Tokezhanov, reports LS....
Crypto-exchanges may appear on the basis of the AIFC, LS reports with reference to the press service of the Prime Minister....
The number of registered unemployed in Kazakhstan has grown by 39.5% since the year beginning, which is the largest increase in the Eurasian Economic Union, LS reports....
A quarter of the state budget expenditures following the results of two months fell on social care and social security this year: 665.1 billion tenge, 11.7% more than a year earlier, Finprom.kz reports....
According to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population, the growth rates of real wages over the past five years, on average, have lagged behind the growth of nominal wages by 8.2% in Kazakhstan. The levels of average and minimum wages...
The coronavirus has spurred demand for life insurance. Fearing for themselves and their loved ones, Russians are increasingly purchasing policies, and, what’s interesting, they prefer endowment policies in order to save money and protect themselves...
The main advantage of retirement annuity agreement is the availability of guaranteed profitability, regardless of the volatility of rates in the financial market. A life insurance company guarantees the annual fixed rate of return until the insured r...
