OREANDA-NEWS.  Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press-release of December 15, 2014:

"... At II Practical Conference "Annual Report: Experience of Leaders and New Standards," rating agency "Expert RA Kazakhstan" (RAEX) has announced the winners of IV Annual Report Awards. JSC "Halyk Bank" (hereinafter – Halyk Bank) was awarded the Diploma of the Winner in the category "The Best Annual Report in the Financial Sector".

The diploma was given to Mr. Viktor Skryl, Director of the International Relations Department of Halyk Bank.

"We are doubly pleased to receive this award, since we have incorporated the keynote achievements of Halyk Group into our main final financial document drawn up with reliance on the requirements of London and Kazakhstan stock exchanges. In this sense, the annual report – is a kind of quintessential result of enormous effort of all companies being the members of large Halyk Bank Group team, – said Mr. Dauren Karabayev, Deputy Chairman of Halyk Bank, who is in charge of international business. – Such awards make participants keep track of current trends in the preparation and publication of annual reports, synchronize watches in this line of business".