Halyk Finance named "The Best Investment Bank in Kazakhstan in 2018" by renowned international magazine "EMEA Finance"
22.05.19 17:20
/KASE, May 22, 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
May 22, 2019:
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Upon its annual rigorous selection of world's leading international banks –
"Europe Banking Awards 2018" – a renowned international financial magazine
"EMEA Finance" (www.emeafinance.com) has named Halyk Finance "The Best
Investment Bank of Kazakhstan 2018". For the record 9th consecutive year,
Halyk Finance has become the winner of this highly prestigious award where
voting is made by the leading industry experts from all over the world, which
cements Halyk Finance's relentless leading position in Kazakhstan's highly
competitive investment banking market.
Earlier this year, Halyk Finance, also for the 9th record year in a row, has
merited "EMEA Finance Achievement Awards" in 2 distinguished categories:
1. "Best Privatization Deal" for 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. 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.
2. "Best CHF Bond" for JSC National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy's 5-year
CHF 170MM Eurobond issue placed in December 2018, in which Halyk Finance had
acted as the Joint Lead Manager and Bookrunner.
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.
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