KASE Group approves Development Strategy for 2025–2027

16.01.25 17:33
/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]