OREANDA-NEWS. On March 23, 2009 Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) informed within the Third Kazakhstan Congress of Stock Market Participants on March 17, 2009 in Almaty the Exchange held an awarding ceremony of the most distinguished KASE members according to 2008 in the following nominations, reported the press-centre of KASE:

1) “Currency Market Leader”:

Subsidiary Bank RBS JSC (Kazakhstan) (Almaty) - “golden” diploma;

Kazkommertsbank JSC (Almaty) - “silver” diploma;

2) “Government Securities Market Leader”:

Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty) - “golden” diploma;

Bank CenterCredit JSC (Almaty) - “silver” diploma;

3) “Share Market Leader”:

Centras Securities JSC (Almaty) - “golden” diploma;

Investment Financial House RESMI JSC (Almaty) - “silver” diploma;

4) “Corporate Bond Market Leader”:

Investment Financial House RESMI JSC (Almaty) - “golden” diploma;

BCC Invest JSC” - subsidiary of Bank CenterCredit JSC (Almaty) - “silver” diploma;

5) “Repo Market Leader”:

Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty) - “golden” diploma;

Investment Financial House RESMI JSC (Almaty) - “silver” diploma;

6) “Leading Financial Consultant”:

Investment Financial House RESMI JSC (Almaty).

The winners in the nominations were determined by the KASE Board decision of March 2, 2009 in accordance with the Rules on annual rewarding of the most distinguished members of the Exchange approved by KASE Board decision No. 17/1 dated February 4, 2003.