ANALYSIS: According to AFS, Kazakhstan net pension assets reach $11,212.6 m. as of November 1, 2008

/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, November 28, 2008/ - According to the data of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation and Supervision of Financial Market and Financial Organizations (AFS), the total amount of net pension assets (PA) in the republic (total pension assets excluding obligations on charged commission interests, creditors' debts on pension payments) as of November 1, 2008 reached KZT1,343,717.9 m. or equivalent of $11,212.6 m. at the weighted average exchange rate effective on the mentioned date. Corresponding indicator as of October 1, 2008 - KZT1,382,025.8 m. or $11,532.3 m. In October 2008 net assets of accumulative pension funds (APF) fell by 2.77 % in tenge and in dollar terms. In September 2008 assets decreased by 0.09 % in tenge and grew by 0.49 % in dollar equivalent. As of the beginning of November 2008, the total sum of pension assets made KZT1,331,203.4 m., of which KZT1,306,903.7 m. were invested. During October 2008, there were four specialized organizations carrying out pension assets investment management activity (PAIMO) and 14 APF. Nine funds - Accumulative pension fund of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, APF SAPF JSC, SB JSC Bank TuranAlem JSC, APF BTA Kazakhstan JSC, APF Capital JSC, APF Kazakhmys JSC, OAPF Otan JSC, OAPF AMANAT- KAZAKHSTAN JSC (former name is OAPF named after Kunaev D.A. JSC), APF NefteGas-Dem JSC and Eurasian accumulated pension fund JSC (former name is APF SENIM JSC) which actually were PAIMO as well, pension assets were controlled independently. Share of PA, which were controlled by these funds, totaled 76.1 % out of the entire amount of PA of the republic, by the beginning of November 2008 (as of October 1, this indicator was 74.4 %). The table below presents volumes of assets of each fund (KZT m., unless otherwise indicated) and distribution of APF assets by PAIMO as of November 1, 2008. Figures in parentheses give the same picture as of October 1, 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total assets ----------------------- Net % of all PA pension of Name of PAIMO / APF assets Trend, % Volume Kazakhstan Invested ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PAIMO GRANTUM Asset Management JSC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GRANTUM APF JSC 77,063 -3.93 75,896 5.70 (5.79) 74,788 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 77,063 -3.93 75,896 5.70 (5.79) 74,788 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- PAIMO ZHETYSU JSC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APF UlarUmit JSC 188,725 -12.60 178,650 13.42 (15.32) 174,359 APF Korgau JSC 21,853 +0.58 21,834 1.64 (1.58) 21,102 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 210,578 -11.40 200,484 15.06 (16.90) 195,460 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- PAIMO RESMI Asset Management JSC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APF Respublika JSC 7,453 +11.33 7,459 0.56 (0.49) 6,788 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 7,453 +11.33 7,459 0.56 (0.49) 6,788 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- PAIMO Nur-Trust JSC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OAPF Atameken JSC 34,366 +0.80 34,363 2.58 (2.48) 34,079 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 34,366 +0.80 34,363 2.58 (2.48) 34,079 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- APF, operating as pension assets management companies independently ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APF AMANAT-KAZAKHSTAN JSC 29,893 +0.60 29,903 2.25 (2.16) 29,721 Eurasian APF JSC* 45,112 +0.47 45,119 3.39 (3.26) 44,906 APF NefteGas-Dem JSC 37,008 +2.00 37,026 2.78 (2.64) 36,938 APF SAPF JSC 232,342 -0.40 231,917 17.42 (16.99) 230,794 APF SB JSC Bank TuranAlem BTA Kazakhstan JSC 166,648 +0.31 165,953 12.47 (12.05) 164,631 APF of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC 387,129 -2.73 387,359 29.10 (28.90) 375,017 APF Kazakhmys 27,592 -1.65 27,379 2.06 (2.03) 27,015 OAPF Otan JSC 39,261 +1.02 39,094 2.94 (2.82) 37,652 JSC APF Capital JSC 49,273 +2.33 49,249 3.70 (3.50) 49,113 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 1,014,258 -0.89 1,013,000 76.10 (74.35) 995,788 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- TOTAL pension assets 1,343,718 -2.77 1,331,203 100.0 1,306,904 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * The former name is - OAPF SENIM JSC The biggest APF by the end of October from the point of net PA volume (in descending order of PA amount): APF Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, APF SAPF JSC and APF Ular Ymit JSC. By the volume of the managed assets APF Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC is still leading (29.10 % of all PA in management). The second place belongs to APF SAPF JSC (17.42 %); the third place- APF Ular Umit JSC (13.42 %). The highest asset growth rate (11.28 % in tenge) in October was recorded in APF REPUBLIC JSC. In absolute monetary terms on the biggest amount of asset growth the leader is APF Capital JSC (growth by KZT1,062.4 m.). The second place by this indicator belongs to APF REPUBLIC JSC. Its assets have grown during the month by KZT756.1 m., the third place belongs to APF NefteGas-Dem JSC (growth by KZT720.6 m.). Decreasing of pension assets was fixed for a fifth month in row at APF Ular Umit JSC (by KZT32,463.4 m.), for a second month in row at APF Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (by KZT10,816.8 m.), at APF GRANTUM JSC (by KZT3,823.4 m.) and at APF Kazakhmys JSC (by KZT592.1 m.); the second month in a current year at APF SAPF JSC (by KZT2,180.5 m.) and for the first time at APF SB JSC Bank TuranAlem BTA Kazakhstan JSC (by KZT133.0 m.). Invested assets by financial instruments as of November 1, 2008 were allocated as follows (figures in parentheses display data for previous two months in reverse chronological order, % are given from full PA): - long-term domestic GS of the Ministry of Finance (KZT) - 23.92 % (21.23 %; 21.11 %); - short-term domestic GS of the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank (KZT) - 3.88 % (4.93 %; 4.64 %); - stocks of foreign issuers (foreign currencies) - 2.61 % (4.03 %; 5.44 %); - corporate bonds of foreign issuers (foreign currencies) - 8.12 % (8.14 %; 8.68 %); - foreign states' securities - 1.57 % (2.35 %; 2.59 %); - stocks of Kazakhstan companies - 8.67 % (10.96 %; 11.75 %); - bonds of Kazakhstan companies - 35.04 % (32.13 %; 30.81 %); - deposits and deposit certificates in the National bank of Kazakhstan and the second tier banks (KZT) - 11.60 % (12.44 %; 13.40 %) - deposits and deposit certificates (foreign currencies) - 0 % (0 %; 0 %); - refined gold - 2.21 % (1.29 %;0.47 %); - derivative instruments - 0.56 % (0.52 %; -0.33 %). Funds on investment accounts and other assets according to data of AFS as of November 1 constituted for 1.82 % (1.98 %; 0.78 %) of the total amount of PA. [2008-11-28]