The procedure of re-brending of RG Securities (Kazakhstan) was started - press release

/KASE, September 19, 06/ -RG Securities (Almaty, hereinafter - Company) has spread today the press release, saying: Quotation start On September 18, 2006 the press conference, contributed to re-brending of RG Securities JSC, took place. Chairman of directors of the Company Kairat Mazhibaev and Chairman of Board of directors Aidar Ospanov conducted the conference. Representatives of mass media were informed of the started procedure on re-brending of RG Securities JSC. The main reason for taking the decision on re-brending is that the Company will turn to the new stage of its development. Broker Company RG Securities was founded in year 1997 for accomplishing trading operations at the stock exchange market of Kazakhstan. For 9 years the Company has acquired the unique experience of professional activity and has become one of the recognized leaders o the market. Also, one more reason, impelling shareholders of the company and its top- manager to initiating this process, was the necessarily to positioning of RG Securities as a financial group. If before the Company contributed its main efforts to the local market, at the present time it is going to start the next stage of actualization of its strategy on covering the new markets of central Asia and Russia. Considering two above-mentioned factors, it is obviously that conducting of the full-scale re-brending seems to be the task of utmost importance, facing the leadership of the Company. If to pronounce the new positioning of the Company, it will be articulated as follows: Investments Financial House RESMI - is a dynamically developing company, rendering the wide range of services on investment-financial sector at the market of Kazakhstan and CIS countries. The main task of the Company is to render complex services at the financial market, being guided by current technologies, unique experience and business reputation. Investment Financial House RESMI is an independent company, not joining into any banking groups, oriented on accordance of investments decisions. Seeing that, it is possible to confirm that for 9 years of its dynamic development, the broker company RG Securities has become full-fledged Investment financial House, which offers its clients the following kinds of services: - Controlling over assets of companies and private sectors, realization of programs in the field of corporate investing (PIFs). At the present moment there are different investments funds under the upper hand of the company, including - Fund of direct investments, the task of which is to borrow foreign investments resources in Kazakhstan economy. - Financial consulting within frameworks of programs on debt and share financing, and also within processes of merging and consolidation and monitoring of re-structuring companies. At that, we keep advancing the broker direction through introducing such products as marginal deals and Internet trading. It is impossible not to note that previous title of the Company has not been attached to its present activities and the level of proficiency. In the point of view of Chairman of Board of the Company Aidar Ospanov: "The new title - Investment Financial House RESMI reflects more completely the character of activity and the range of the services to be rendered by the company. Investment Financial House RESMI is the connecting link of the special kind between the real sector of Economy and the financial market. On this occasion, we regard not only the intermediate functions. Here the question concerns the drawing-up and introducing of investment decisions in order to achieve the strategic tasks of our clients and partners. The search and realization of investment decisions lies in making the choice of the optimal model both of borrowing the finance for development of different projects and of efficient investing the free funds". While characterizing the procedure of re-brending of RG Securities, Chairman of council of directors Kairat Mazhibaev stressed: "Re-positioning on the finnacila market of Investment Financial House RESMI appeared like the appropriate and logical step towards advancing the investment business of our group. Investment financial House RESMI is the new stage in the strategic development". Reference information. RG Securities was founded on December 30 of year 1997 in the aim of accordance of broker services at the financial market. The company entered into top three companies at the stock exchange market traditionally within last years. Leading positions were supported by not only dynamic trading transactions at corporate and governmental securities market, but also by enlarging part in invest-banking market, by control over asssets of insurance companies and pension funds trough the daughter company of PAIMO Premier Asset Management. On August 24, 2006, by decision of the general meeting of shareholders, the decision was taken on re-registration of the Company into Investment Financial House RESMI JSC. IFH RESMI offers its clientas: Control over assets: - of pension funds through the daughter company PAIMO Premier Asset management, - of insurance companies, - of big companies and private investors, - realization of the program in the field of corporate financing (PIFs); - Fund of Direct investments - purchasing the monetary holding of the company of the consuming sector of Kazakhstan and of Central Asia, Investment banking: - Financial consulting while organizing the debt and share financing, processes of merging and consolidation, monitoring at re-structuring the company; - Broker transactions at the stock exchange market. Extra information is available in Investment Financial House RESMI by phones: 8 3272 66 70 77, 66 71 77; e-mail: maxim.tolmachev@resmi.kz (Maxim Tolmachev), and also in Communication Group of Image Partner by phones 8 3272 66 25 22, 66 38 82, 66 29 04; e-mail: kmalik@image.kz (Malik Kushmukhanov) Quotation end [2006-09-19]