/KASE, December 30, 2024/ – Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announces
that as of December 30, 2024, trading in securities lending and borrowing
transactions, Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB), for 1 day and 2 days
opens on KASE.
The introduction of the SLB mechanism on KASE provides trading participants
with the opportunity to conduct repo transactions for a period of 1 day and 2
days in relation to a particular security on all issues of government
securities that are on the list of financial instruments of the stock market
admitted to transactions with the central counterparty (CCP) on terms of
partial collateral.
The Management Board of KASE Clearing Centre has decided to expand the
ranges for assessing interest rate risks of securities in order to provide
trading participants with the opportunity to submit orders for repo
transactions with a negative rate for a period of 1 day and 2 days.
We remind you that trading in repo transactions with the CCP is conducted on
KASE on working days from 11:30 to 17:00 Astana time.
Following a decision of KASE's Management Board dated December 25, 2024,
changes and additions No. 7 to KASE's internal document "Specification of repo
transactions carried out by the "automatic" method" (Specification) were
approved, with effect as of December 30, 2024.
The updated text of the Specification will be published on KASE's Internet
resource at
https://kase.kz/en/kase_rules/ (tab "Trading" – "Repo
transactions").
The Regulations on trading and clearing are published at
https://kase.kz/en/reglament/
[2024-12-30]