ITS adds two new instruments: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company shares and Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF
The international trading platform ITS expanded its range of instruments on April 22 with two new U.S. securities: ADRs of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ticker: TSM) and shares of the Alpha Architect 1–3 Month Box ETF (ticker: BOXX).
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers. Its shares are among the most liquid in the segment.
The Alpha Architect 1–3 Month Box ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund designed to deliver returns similar to those of 1–3 month US Treasury bills, net of fees and expenses. To implement its strategy, the fund uses a combination of long and short option contracts, including both standard options traded on the CBOE and FLEX options listed on the FLexible EXchange® Options platform.
ITS offers access to more than 3,000 international securities, including 276 ETFs. These instruments are part of the world’s major indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500, covering 69 sectors of the global economy.
The trading session on ITS lasts nearly 18 hours, from 10:00 AM to 3:45 AM Astana time (from 4:00 AM to 9:45 PM GMT). This extended session enables investors to manage their portfolios efficiently and respond promptly to corporate and economic developments.
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.
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