ANALYSIS: According to AFS, Kazakhstan net pension assets reach KZT1.5 trl. ($10.0 bn.) as of March 1, 2009

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, March 20, 2009/ - 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 March 1, 2009 reached KZT1,499.8 bn. (or equivalent of $9,970.0 m. at the weighted average exchange rate effective on the mentioned date). Corresponding indicator as of February 1, 2009 - KZT1,439.1 bn. or $11,847.0 m. In February 2009 net assets of accumulative pension funds (APF) grew by 4.2 % (fell by 15.8 % in dollar terms) relative to the previous month. As of the beginning of March 2009, the total sum of pension assets made KZT1,495.8 bn., of which KZT1,466.8 bn. were invested. During February 2009, 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 76.0 % out of the entire amount of PA of the republic, by the beginning of March 2009 (as of February 1, 2009 this indicator was 75.3 %). The table below presents volumes of assets of each fund (KZT m., unless otherwise indicated) and distribution of APF assets by PAIMO as of March 1, 2009. Figures in parentheses give the same picture as of February 1, 2009. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 87,160 +4.25 87,401 5.84 (5.82) 87,039 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 87,160 +4.25 87,401 5.84 (5.82) 87,039 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- PAIMO RESMI Asset Management JSC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APF Respublika JSC 12,268 +13.23 12,298 0.82 (0.76) 12,112 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 12,268 +13.23 12,298 0.82 (0.76) 12,112 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- PAIMO ZHETYSU JSC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APF UlarUmit JSC 207,935 -0.41 200,805 13.42 (14.09) 196,120 APF Korgau JSC 21,685 -0.56 21,362 1.43 (1.51) 21,224 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 229,620 -0.42 222,167 14.85 (15.59) 217,344 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- PAIMO Nur-Trust JSC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OAPF Atameken JSC 37,168 +2.77 37,276 2.49 (2.53) 36,982 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 37,168 +2.77 37,276 2.49 (2.53) 36,982 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- APF, operating as pension assets management companies independently ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APF AMANAT-KAZAKHSTAN JSC 33,380 +5.78 33,588 2.25 (2.20) 33,078 APF NefteGas-Dem JSC 41,190 +4.59 41,255 2.76 (2.74) 41,087 Eurasian Accumulated pension fund JSC 47,640 +2.26 47,681 3.19 (3.25) 47,247 APF SAPF JSC 259,895 +6.31 261,756 17.50 (17.06) 258,315 APF SB JSC Bank TuranAlem BTA Kazakhstan JSC 190,987 +3.97 191,588 12.81 (12.83) 190,251 APF of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC 431,365 +6.24 431,707 28.86 (28.40) 417,094 APF Kazakhmys 29,256 +1.38 29,194 1.95 (2.01) 27,985 OAPF Otan JSC 43,517 +2.69 43,491 2.91 (2.95) 42,776 JSC APF Capital JSC 56,339 +2.57 56,365 3.77 (3.85) 55,486 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- Total 1,133,568 +5.17 1,136,625 75.99 (75.30) 1,113,318 ------------------------- --------- -------- --------- ------------- --------- TOTAL pension assets 1,499,784 +4.22 1,495,767 100.00 1,466,795 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The biggest APF by the end of February, 2009 from the viewpoint 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 (28.9 % of all PA in management). The second place belongs to APF SAPF JSC (17.5 %); the third place- APF Ular Umit JSC (13.4 %). The highest asset growth rate (13.4 % in tenge) in February, 2009 was recorded in APF REPUBLIC JSC. In absolute monetary terms on the biggest amount of asset growth the leader is APF Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (growth by KZT25,321.0 m.). The second place by this indicator belongs to APF SAPF JSC. Its assets have grown during the month by KZT17,660.7 m., the third place belongs to APF SB JSC Bank TuranAlem BTA Kazakhstan JSC (growth by KZT7,975.3 m.). Invested assets by financial instruments as of March 1, 2009 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) - 23.4 % (22.7 %; 23.0 %); - short-term domestic GS of the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank (KZT) - 4.3 % (3.9 %; 7.1 %); - stocks of foreign issuers (foreign currencies) - 2.7 % (2.3 %; 2.6 %); - corporate bonds of foreign issuers (foreign currencies) - 10.5 % (7.1 %; 7.5 %); - foreign states' securities - 6.6 % (7.0 %; 1.6 %); - stocks of Kazakhstan companies - 9.8 % (10.3 %; 9.6 %); - bonds of Kazakhstan companies - 34.3 % (35.4 %; 35.6 %); - deposits and deposit certificates in the National bank of Kazakhstan and the second tier banks (KZT) - 6.6 % (8.0 %; 8.7 %) - refined gold - 0 % (0 %;1.6 %); - derivative instruments - (-0.1 %) (-0.2 %; 0.2 %). Funds on investment accounts and other assets according to data of AFS as of March 1, 2009 constituted for 2.0 % (3.3 %; 2.4 %) of the total amount of PA. [2009-03-20]