Halyk Finance named "Best Investment Bank in Kazakhstan" and "Best Equity Bank in CEE" by Global Finance

/KASE, February 20, 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 February 20, 2019: quote Upon its annual thorough selection of the world's leading investment banks a renowned international magazine "Global Finance" (www.gfmag.com) has named Halyk Finance the winner of the two prestigious awards "Best Investment Bank in Kazakhstan 2019" and "Best Equity Bank in Central and East Europe 2019". "For the second year in a row Halyk Finance gets international recognition at the interregional level. The 'Best Equity Bank in CEE' award is a truly impressive achievement for the region with population of half a billion people, and reflects the results of the tremendous work done by the whole Halyk Finance team. We are proud of this well-deserved recognition by independent international experts of the high quality of our services. To remind, in March 2018 Halyk Finance was recognized as the 'Best Bond House in CEE' by a renowned international magazine "EMEA Finance". We win the "Best investment bank in Kazakhstan" award, a highly prestigious award by Global Finance, for this 5th time, having previously received this award back in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. We play an important role in the development of local capital markets and make a significant contribution to the diversification of the funding structure of our corporate clients. We are grateful to our clients for their continuous trust and choice Halyk Finance as the deal arranger on capital markets. I am very pleased that excellent coordinated work of our team was appreciated at such a high level", - commented Mr. Temirkhanov, acting CEO of Halyk Finance. Year 2018 was a successful year for Halyk Finance, having significantly strengthened Halyk Finance's longstanding leading position in the competitive investment banking market. Thus, in 2018 Halyk Finance was yet again recognized as the best investment bank in Kazakhstan by EMEA Finance, Global Business Outlook and information agency "Cbonds". Moreover, according to Cbonds, Halyk Finance leads the ranking of Kazakhstan underwriters of Eurobond placements in 2018. In their selection of the World's Best Investment Banks, Global Finance editors, with input from industry experts, used a series of criteria—including market share, number and size of deals, service and advice, structuring capabilities, distribution network, efforts to address market conditions, innovation, pricing, after-market performance of underwritings and market reputation—to score and select winners, based on a proprietary algorithm. Deals announced or completed in 2018 were considered. JSC Halyk Finance–the leading investment bank in Kazakhstan rendering a full range of investment banking services including consulting and underwriting, corporate finance (M&A advisory and corporate debt restructurings), sales and trading with market making on the KASE and AIX, investment portfolio management and research. JSC Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan – 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, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Global Finance – is an international business magazine founded in 1987 with a circulation of 50,050 and readers in 189 countries. Consulting & Underwriting JSC "Halyk Finance" www.halykfinance.kz tel: + 7 (727) 357 31 77 PR Office JSC Halyk Bank www.halykbank.kz tel: +7 (727) 259 08 16 unquote [2019-02-20]