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: quote 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. Consulting & Underwriting JSC «Halyk Finance» www.halykfinance.kz tel. + 7 (727) 357 31 77 PR Office JSC Halyk Bank tel.: +7 727 259 08 16 www.halykbank.kz unquote [2019-04-10]