Armenia's Investment Forum Returns on 30 September

Armenia's Investment and Financial Forum, themed "The Moment of Opportunity: Armenia in the New Architecture of Global Markets," is set for September 30 at Yerevan's Dvin Music Hall after being postponed from its original March 3 date. The event is organised by Freedom Broker Armenia; the first edition, in 2024, was organised jointly with the Ministry of Economy.

Ovak Ovakimyan, director of Freedom Broker Armenia, described the forum as "a platform for substantive dialogue and for shaping a long-term vision for the development of capital markets." The inaugural 2024 edition drew more than 500 participants from Armenia's financial and investment sectors, government institutions and the broader business community, according to Armenpress.

Freedom Broker's parent company, Freedom Holding Corp, cited a market capitalisation of $10.54 billion and total assets of $10.3 billion as of 30 September 2025, giving the forum's host firm meaningful scale to convene regional and international investors. Registration for the 30 September session was open online at the time of writing, with organisers targeting attendance at or above the 2024 benchmark.

The forum's return comes as Armenia posts some of its strongest macro indicators in years: gross reserves hit a record $6.5 billion in August, growth has reached 7.7%, and the central bank raised its policy rate to 6.75%, its first hike since 2022, as it manages inflation alongside that growth. Those conditions give organisers a stronger pitch to institutional investors than the postponed March date would have offered, per figures reported by World Bank-sourced reserve data.

For Armenia's capital markets, still shallow relative to its regional peers, forums like this one function less as deal-closing venues and more as visibility exercises aimed at drawing foreign portfolio interest ahead of any future government or corporate bond issuance. Whether the September 30 gathering translates rising reserve and growth figures into concrete capital markets development (a stock exchange listing pipeline, new fund vehicles, or expanded dram-denominated debt issuance) will be the metric worth tracking into 2027.

Armenia's securities market remains small by regional standards, with most household savings still held in bank deposits or dollar-denominated assets rather than domestic equities or bonds, a structural gap forums like this one are explicitly designed to narrow over time. The organising committee postponed the original 3 March date because of rising tensions in the Middle East, which it said could pose security risks for participants, and restrictions on air travel in the region (ARKA, 2 March 2026).

Further Reading

• Armenia's Reserves Hit Record $6.5 Billion as Growth Reaches 7.7%
• Armenia's Central Bank Raises Rate to 6.75% in First Hike Since 2022

Correction, 14 October 2026: an earlier version said organisers described the postponement from March as administrative. The organising committee said it postponed the forum because of tensions in the Middle East and air travel restrictions (ARKA, 2 March 2026). An unsourced statement about Freedom Broker's expansion has also been removed.

Update, 14 October 2026: the forum took place in Yerevan on 30 September 2026. Armenpress reported that it drew more than 1,000 participants and that Team Holding announced at the event the full placement of its bond programme, arranged with Freedom Broker Armenia (Armenpress, 30 September 2026).