OREANDA-NEWS. Upon Global Finance’s annual selection of the World’s Best Investment Banks, JSC Halyk Finance (“Halyk Finance”, JSC Halyk Bank’s investment banking subsidiary) has been named “The Best Investment Bank in Kazakhstan 2015.” Halyk Finance has been included into “The World’s Best Investment Banks 2015” list which will be published in Global Finance’s April 2015 issue.

“Halyk Finance is receiving this highly prestigious award by Global Finance for the 4th time, having been recognized by Global Finance as “The Best Investment Bank in Kazakhstan” in 2011, 2012 and 2014. Last year was very challenging due to intense volatility in international and domestic capital markets which in turn took a heavy toll on the Kazakhstan’s investment banking market. However, despite all the obstacles and challenges we had faced, Halyk Finance has remained the most active player in the domestic market and has retained its highly regarded title of the Best Investment Bank in Kazakhstan. Not only does this award objectively show the recognition of our company’s successful results by the international finance community but it also evidences a lot of trust from our customers to Halyk Finance’s team and to our top-notch quality services.” - said Mr. Arnat Abzhanov, Halyk Finance’s CEO.

In their selection of the World’s Best Investment Banks, Global Finance editors, with input from industry experts, used a series of criteria – including market share, number and size of deals, service and advice, structuring capabilities, distribution network, efforts to address market conditions, innovation, pricing, after-market performance of underwritings and market reputation to select the winners. Deals announced or completed in 2014 were considered.

 JSC Halyk Finance –the leading investment bank in Kazakhstan rendering a full range of investment banking services including consulting and underwriting, corporate finance (M&A advisory and corporate debt restructurings), sales and trading with market making on the KASE, investment portfolio management and research.

 JSC Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan – the leading financial group and the leading retail bank in Kazakhstan with the biggest client base and branch network. The Bank’s services cover c. 5.9 million individuals, over 60 thousand SMEs and c. 300 large corporate borrowers. The Bank is developing as a universal financial group, which offers wide spectrum of services (banking, pension, brokerage services, insurance services, leasing an asset management services) to its retail, medium and small business and corporate clients. Halyk Bank also operates in Russia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan.

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