Official Statement from the International Trading System (ITS) Regarding Increased Fraud Attempts

Dear Clients and Partners,

We would like to inform you of a recent rise in fraudulent activity involving forged signatures of ITS^[1] executives and counterfeit company seals. Fraudsters are impersonating employees of the International Trading System (ITS) and its subsidiaries, offering services directly and approaching individuals with proposals to open accounts or conduct financial transactions.

Please note that ITS and its subsidiaries do not work directly with individuals and will never request that funds be transferred to any bank accounts via payment systems.
Private investors can access financial instruments traded on the ITS platform only through official ITS trading participants – licensed brokers and/or partner banks. The only official ITS website is www.itsx.kz. Other websites with similar names or domains are not affiliated with our company and may be fraudulent.

ITS takes all reports of fraud seriously and works closely with the Regulator (Astana Financial Services Authority), hosting providers, and law enforcement agencies to promptly block phishing websites.

Please remain vigilant.

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About ITS

ITS is an international liquidity hub. Central to ITS's business model are the principles of best execution and smart order routing technology. These principles enable investors to execute securities transactions at the best prices available on the global financial market, regardless of the transaction volume. This technology ensures that the liquidity for foreign securities on ITS matches that of leading international platforms where these securities are traded.

ITS Central Securities Depository Limited, the central depository for ITS, offers depository services for the storage and settlement of securities. The depository has received Qualified Intermediary with primary withholding responsibility (WQI) status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Operating a clearing house that acts as a Central Counterparty, ITS assumes the counterparty role for all obligations of clearing participants and manages the clearing process for transactions on the ITS trading platform.

ITS also calculates its own indexes: the ITS World index (ITSW) and the ITS Shariah index (ITSS).

Trading of the first ETF in Central Asia and Caucasus, pegged to the performance of ITS’s own index – ITS World (ticker: ITSW), began on ITS in November 2024, providing a wide range of investors with a convenient and balanced instrument for investing and trading with a low entry threshold. In January 2025, the ETF lineup expanded with the introduction of a fund based on the ITS Shariah Index.

ITS's direct clients include professional securities market participants from Kazakhstan and other countries, such as financial intermediaries who are accredited and directly registered at the AIFC. Investors, both private individuals and legal entities, access trading through these financial intermediaries, such as brokers and banks.

ITS Press Service
pr@itsx.kz

^[1] The ITS Group of Companies includes 3 (three) entities: 1) International Trading System Limited, 2) ITS Tech Limited, and 3) ITS Central Securities Depository Limited.