KASE determined leading operators of the exchange's CS in Kazakhstan for December and in 2004

/IRBIS, Assel Omarova, December 6, 05/ - Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) determined leading operators of the exchange's market of corporate securities (CS) in December of 2004. Companies are ranked according to the stake of deals made by it in aggregate gross turnover of trades (total of purchased and sold bonds). At that only operations of CS sale and purchase at the secondary market, excluding work of brokers with state blocks of shares (SBS). The position of each participant is expressed in Kazakhstan tenge. A total of 30 companies participated in transactions of CS sale and purchase at KASE in December. Below is the list of 10 most active operators in descending order of their stakes in total deals volume (companies' headquarters are in Almaty). The stake of these operators in November was 81.6% of turnover of corresponding sector of exchange market. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Position in Position in Stake in December November trade 2004 2004 Brief title of a company volume, % ------------ ----------- ------------------------------------ --------- 1 1 KIB ASSET MANAGEMENT JSC 25.6 2 3 KG Securities JSC (Karaganda) 9.3 3 2 AIM JSC 9.0 4 4 Turan Alem Securities JSC 8.9 5 7 RG Securities LLP 7.6 6 12 Financial Company REAL-INVEST.kz JSC 5.5 7 10 PAIMO Premier Asset Management JSC 4.8 8 6 Kazakhstan financial company OJSC 3.8 9 5 PAIMO Bailyk Asset Management JSC 3.7 10 8 Central Asian Trust Company JSC 3.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Following is the corresponding table of the most active members of KASE of "P" and "H" category for 2004. 40 companies participated in deals making in this period. Stake of "the best ten" was 85.7% gross-turnover of transactions in sale and purchase of CS at KASE. --------------------------------------------------------- Stake in gross Position Brief title of a company volume, % -------- --------------------------------- -------------- 1 TuranAlem Securities JSC 27.5 2 KIB ASSET MANAGEMENT JSC 10.0 3 AIM JSC 8.3 4 KG Securities JSC 8.0 5 General Asset management JSC 6.68 6 RG Securities LLP 6.67 7 Central Asian Trust Company JSC 5.99 8 VISOR Investment Solutions LLP 5.98 9 Kazakhstan financial company OJSC 3.8 10 PAIMO Bailyk Asset Management JSC 2.8 --------------------------------------------------------- [2005-01-06]