Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC (hereinafter – the Exchange, KASE) on February 17, 2021 held an annual rewarding based on results of 2020: members of the Exchange, who demonstrated the best results, listed companies – for striving for transparency, as well as representatives of the media – for active coverage of the stock market in print media and Internet resources.
Members of KASE
Among members of the Exchange,
Halyk Finance JSC, a subsidiary of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, was awarded in the nomination
"Underwriter of the Year in the Corporate Bond Market".
In the nomination
"Equity Market Leader" and
"Corporate Bond Market Leader",
Freedom Finance JSC ended 2020 with a significant leadership in terms of activity coefficients Ka = 3.80, both on the equity market and on the bond market.
Freedom Finance JSC was also recognized as the winner in the nomination
"Leader of the government securities market".
Based on results of 2020,
Citibank Kazakhstan JSC was recognized as the winner in the nomination
"Leader of the Foreign Currency Market".
HalykFinance, a subsidiary of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, which was a market-maker for shares of five titles, was awarded in the nomination
"Market-maker of the year in the equity market".
BCC Invest JSC, a subsidiary of Bank CenterCredit JSC, which in 2020 acted as a market-maker for 14 corporate bond issues.
Freedom Finance JSC showed the most activity in the nomination
"Market-maker of the Year in the Government Securities Market".
Freedom Finance JSC was awarded in the nomination
"For a significant contribution to attracting investors" – for the largest number of new active trading accounts. In 2020, the number of open active accounts of Freedom Finance JSC was 7,393.
Halyk Global Markets JSC and
Halyk Finance JSC were awarded in the nomination
"Best Financial Advisor". In 2020, the companies acted as financial advisors on the listing of 18 securities issues from five issuers and 12 securities issues from seven issuers, respectively.
Tengri Partners Investment Banking (Kazakhstan) JSC was awarded in the nomination
"For Contribution to the Development of the Sector "Securities of International Financial Organizations".
SkyBridge Invest JSC was awarded in the nomination
"The largest trading volume in the secondary equity market".
Subsidiary Bank "Bank of China in Kazakhstan" JSC was awarded in the nomination
"For the contribution to the development of the Chinese yuan exchange market",
Subsidiary Bank "Sberbank of Russia" JSC – in the nomination
"For the contribution to the development of the Russian ruble exchange market", as trading participants who concluded the most deals in the respective currency pairs.
KASE listed companies
Diplomas
"For striving for transparency" based on results of 2020 were awarded to:
– companies of the financial sector –
ForteBank JSC,
Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC and
Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC;
– companies of the non-financial sector –
National company "KazMunayGaz" JSC,
KazTransOil JSC and
KEGOC JSC.
These companies are the leaders in terms of information disclosure activity and information content of disclosed documents.
Media representatives
For active coverage of Kazakhstan's stock market and operations of KASE in 2020, media representatives were also awarded diplomas. These journalists demonstrated a high professional level of presenting material in a comprehensible and interesting form.
In the nomination
"For active coverage of the stock market and KASE in print media" diplomas were awarded to
Dinara Bekmaganbetova (newspaper "Kursiv") and
Irina Ledovskih.
Elena Tumashova (Information Agency "Inbusiness.kz") and
Milana Beinoeva (Information Agency "LS Aqparat") were awarded diplomas in the nomination "For active coverage of the stock market and KASE in Internet resources".
Detailed information in the press release.