OREANDA-NEWS. January 17, 2012. Based on an evaluation of performance of custodians in emerging countries, including Kazakhstan, conducted by the magazine "Global Custodian" (Agent Banks in Emerging Markets Survey 2011), JSC "ATFBank" was recognized as Top Rated (the highest rating) in categories "Local Clients" and "Foreign non-Affiliated Clients" of the year 2011, reported the press-centre of KASE.

The annual rating of the magazine "Global Custodian" is compiled based on clients' references to the quality of services rendered by custodians. Every year custodians of 68 countries with emerging stock markets are under scrutiny.

The magazine "Global Custodian" has been released since 1989 and is one of the most respected international mass media focusing on the stock market.

JSC "ATFBank" began to render custodian services in 1997. Its first clients were local accumulative pension funds and foreign institutional investors. Today, JSC "ATFBank" is one of the largest custodians in Kazakhstan with more than 300 clients and sub-clients, including accumulative pension funds, brokers and dealers, as well as foreign institutional investors.