/KASE, January 16, 2025/ – The Boards of Directors of Kazakhstan Stock
Exchange JSC (KASE, Exchange) and KASE Clearing Centre JSC (together
referred to as the KASE Group) have endorsed the Development Strategy for the
KASE Group for the years 2025–2027 (the Strategy).
The Strategy aims to maintain the Group's leadership in the exchange markets of
Central Asia by broadening the variety of exchange and clearing services,
prioritizing customer needs, and enhancing the professionalism of the Group's
team.
The primary focuses of the Strategy:
- expansion of the key operations;
- introduction of new products and services;
- enhancement of the IT infrastructure.
The Strategy will uphold the course of the development strategy for 2022-2024,
taking into account modern challenges.
The Exchange's development strategy for 2022–2024 focused on deepening the
financial inclusion, i.e. providing more affordable and diverse products for
various investor categories; developing the capital market infrastructure –
improving the existing markets and expanding instruments for issuers and
investors; introducing innovative technologies and digitalization.
Over three years, the trading volume on all markets has increased by 2.2 times
reaching 389.1 trln tenge by the end of 2024. The capitalization of the equity
market has increased by 14.3%, totaling 32.9 trln tenge. As of January 1, 2025,
KASE Index was 5,578.10 points, demonstrating an increase of 52% since the
beginning of 2022.
Major accomplishments were attained due to organized efforts aimed at
broadening the investor base by engaging retail investors, effectively executed
IPOs and SPOs, increasing the variety of traded instruments, drawing in new
issuers such as SMEs and microfinance organizations, and consistently
enhancing the quality of services offered.
In its updated Strategy, the KASE Group aims to sustain its leading roles in key
markets while enhancing the liquidity of government securities, stocks, and
international equity markets by bringing in new issuers and investors.
Additionally, it intends to broaden the variety of exchange products in response
to emerging trends.
More detailed information is provided in the KASE press release.
Press release in Kazakh –
https://kase.kz/files/press/kz/15_01_2025_strategy_kaz.pdf
Press release in Russian –
https://kase.kz/files/press/ru/15_01_2025_strategy_ru.pdf
Press release in English –
https://kase.kz/files/press/en/15_01_2025_strategy_eng.pdf
[2025-01-16]