OREANDA-NEWS. On January 30, 2007 AsiaUniversalBank concluded a Primary Dealer in Government Securities Treaty with the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic. Now AUB may take part in any Government Securities (GS) auctions on behalf of the Bank’s clients, which may become government securities holders, investing funds in them, reported the press-centre of AsiaUniversalBank.

Government securities represent domestic state debt; they are debt securities issued by the state.

This is an additional investment instrument that is marketable and very reliable. As a rule, government securities have some significant advantages over any other ones. They have a comparatively high reliability level for any funds invested, and thereafter - a minimal risk of loss of the original capital and of the accumulated interest.

The most popular type of government securities in the Kyrgyz Republic is Government Bills (GB).

Government Bills are government securities placed by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic for non-inflationary financing of the budgeted deficit. Government Bills are the Kyrgyz Republic Government’s short-term discount government securities with the life 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months. The par value of one Government Bill is 100 soms. Government Bills are issued in the paperless form, as accounting entries.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic is the issuer of Government Bills. The Bills are placed through the weekly auctions carried out by the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR) every Thursday as well as through auctions carried out by CJSC “Kyrgyz Stock Exchange” every Friday. The results of the auctions are approved by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and after that the actual entries in the accounts take place on the issue day (Monday). Government Bills placement is executed at a discount, at the price that is lower than their par value, equal to 100 soms. Thus, the investors’ revenue arises from the difference between the buying price and the par value of the Government Bills. The yield is freely evaluated at NBKR auctions, according to prices bidden by the auction participants or at the secondary market.

Legal entities as well as natural persons may possess the Government Bills of the Kyrgyz Republic. Admission of foreign investors to Government Bills market is not restricted. Investors may purchase GB with the assistance of Primary dealers at the auctions (during their primary distribution), or at the secondary market. The Primary dealers accept bids and purchase GB for citizens. The Primary dealers are GB auctions’ participants, which may be commercial banks that meet all NBKR requirements. Dealerships at the secondary GB market are executed via NBKR electronic trade system, which allows the Primary dealers to perform purchase and sale transactions from their workplaces. The National Bank acts as a depositary. The Primary dealers play the role of sub-depositaries; they execute keeping and accounting the investors’ ownership of securities.

There are two types of applications for bidding:
Noncompetitive applications, in which the investor just states the number of GB that he is ready to purchase at the weighted average price that arise during the auction;
Competitive applications, in which the investor states a concrete price and the number of GB he is ready to purchase.
Purchase and sale of GB at the secondary market are executed through the Primary dealers at the prices that are formed at the market.

According to the Tax Code of the Kyrgyz Republic:
Natural persons: “Interest paid to natural persons is liable to withholding tax at 10% rate (article 90);
Legal entities: “1.Interest paid to legal entities is liable to withholding tax at 10% of the due amount rate.”, “2. Regulations of part 1. of the present article don’t apply to interest received by resident-banks or received by above banks as a result of possessing Government securities” (article 108).

Besides Government Bills there are the following types of Government securities:
Notes - 7, 14, 28, 91 and 182-day Instruments of short-term loans. Refinancing interest rate (discount rate) is put on 28-day notes. The notes are issued by NBKR, they placed at auctions; the participants are commercial banks of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Government Treasury Obligations (GTO). GTO are issued by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Usually they are long-term securities (5 and more years) and act as an additional instrument for attracting state resources to ensure state programs’ activities and etc.

Promissory notes (PN). Securities issued by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic for the purpose of restructing the indebtedness to NBKR. PN do not have an active market.

For urgent information about securities’ yield, please, visit the site of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic: www.nbkr.kg or AUB’s offices.