OREANDA-NEWS. VISOR Capital (Almaty), a member of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in categories "A", "K", "P" and "H", provided KASE with a press release dated June 18, 2009, reported the press-centre of KASE:

Visor Capital, the leading Kazakh investment bank, ran out as the clear winner in the Kazakhstan category of 2009 Thomson Extel's "European Emerging Markets Research" survey.  The global survey ranks financial research around the globe based upon votes by Fund Managers.

In the results, published on 17 June 2009, Visor Capital received 81.72% based upon commissions paid, within the Kazakhstan category, with no rivals achieving more than 10%.  In addition to the overall ranking, Visor Capital also had the  top three analysts, Dominic Lewenz (Oil), Jason Hurwitz (Financials) and Leila Kulbayeva (Mining).

In May, Visor Capital was already awarded the title of "Best Local Investment Bank" by EMEA Finance magazine, recognising Visor Capital's "leading corporate finance and M&A team" for its role as exclusive adviser to Kookmin Bank in its purchase of a controlling stake in Bank CenterCredit, which is the largest Korean investment in a bank ever made outside of Korea.

Michael Carter, CEO, commented: "These two awards demonstrate Visor Capital's continuing mission of being the leading local partner for investors and corporate clients in Central Asia. This commitment has been undiminished throughout the current crisis". End of statement.