Halyk Finance wins EMEA Finance Achievement Awards from international magazine EMEA Finance for ninth year in a row
10.04.19 16:06
/KASE, April 10, 2019/ – Subsidiary organization of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan
Halyk Finance (Almaty, in the heading – Halyk Finance), a member of Kazakhstan
Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release of
April 10, 2019:
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Upon its annual rigorous selection of the best deals on international capital
markets – "EMEA Finance Achievement Awards 2018" – a renowned international
magazine "EMEA Finance" (www.emeafinance.com) has named two deals organized by
Halyk Finance the winners in 2 prestigious categories.
Among the best deals on the equity market, the dual-listed IPO of JSC "National
Atomic Company "Kazatomprom" on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and
the Astana International Exchange (AIX) under the national privatization
program has been named the "Best Privatization Deal". Offering of U.S.$-
denominated global depositary receipts (GDRs) on the LSE as well as of GDRs
and of KZT-denominated ordinary shares on the AIX in November 2018
resulted in a successful placement amounted to a total of $451.3MM, in which
Halyk Finance acted as the Joint Bookrunner and Arranger of local offering.
This transaction became the debut IPO arranged on the AIX and the first equity
offering of a national company under the national privatization program.
In addition, another Halyk Finance's transaction has been awarded as the best
deal in debt capital markets. JSC "National Company "Kazakhstan Temir
Zholy's" 5-year CHF 170MM Eurobond – in which Halyk Finance acted as the
Joint Lead Manager and Bookrunner in December 2018 – has been named the
"Best CHF Bond". This transaction marks the first-ever corporate Eurobond
offering on the AIX.
Mr. Murat Temirkhanov, acting CEO of Halyk Finance, comments: "In the year
2018, we have put a lot of effort implementing numerous projects for our
clients. We are very proud of this well-deserved recognition by independent
international experts of our team's united scrupulous work every single day with
constant unyielding focus on the needs of our clients. Halyk Finance's
accolades in "EMEA Finance Achievement Awards" for the record 9th consecutive
year represent a truly extraordinary achievement not only in Kazakhstan given
our country's very competitive investment banking industry, but also in the
entire Central Asian region. All these accomplishments reflect the excellently
concerted and well-aligned work of our highly experienced and top-notch
professional team".
2018 was a landmark year for Halyk Finance, as not only did we maintain our
sterling reputation, cementing our leading position in the highly competitive
market of investment-banking services, but we also improved our prominent
standing, continuously acting as a high-quality innovator in everything we do.
High quality of the services Halyk Finance offers regularly receives due
recognition from the global financial community. Thus, over the past year,
Halyk Finance was named the best investment bank in Kazakhstan by
reputable publications such as Global Finance, EMEA Finance, Global
Business Outlook and an information agency Cbonds. Moreover, according to
Cbonds, based on the results of 2018, Halyk Finance tops Arrangers' league
table for Eurobonds in Kazakhstan.
JSC Halyk Finance is the leading investment bank in Kazakhstan which
provides a full range of investment banking services including sales and
trading with market making on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (the "KASE")
and the Astana International Exchange (the "AIX"), investment portfolio
management, consulting and underwriting, M&A advisory, debt restructuring
and research.
JSC Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan is Kazakhstan's leading financial services
group and a leading retail bank with the largest customer base and distribution
network among banks in Kazakhstan. The Bank is developing as a universal
financial group offering a broad range of services (banking, insurance, leasing,
brokerage and asset management) to its retail, small and medium enterprises
and corporate customers. Halyk Bank also operates in Russia, Georgia and
Kyrgyzstan.
EMEA Finance is an international financial magazine which covers important
events and news in corporate finance in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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