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Kazakh banks still queasy after a borrowing bingeKazakhstan’s banks have built up onerous debt repayments after a splurge of Eurobond issuance. Are they facing a liquidity crunch? The biggest face onerous debt repayments in unpropitious domestic circumstances after a splurge of Eurobond issuance. With little activity about, only Halyk seems to be flourishing. Elliot Wilson reports from Almaty.
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April 2008
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Sub-prime threatens feel-good factor in KazakhstanKAZAKHSTAN’S phenomenal economic growth and appetite to play on the global financial stage have been soured by sub-prime, writes Jonathan Rest. That was the message from Stefan Scholz, managing director of Visor Capital, an investment bank that conducts mergers and acquisitions business across Kazakhstan and other Commonwealth of Independent States countries. |
September 2007
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Market enjoys steady stream of IPOsWith strong balance sheets and laudible efforts to improve corporate governance, Kazakh companies have had no trouble attracting equity investors home and abroad. And although banks have struggled to sustain share prices in secondary markets, in general the bank, mining and real estate sector IPOs have exemplified Kazakhstan's enviable economic performance. Julian Evans reports. |
August 2007
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The BankerNew strength attracts interestGold rush "A gold rush has started," says Michael Sauer, CEO of Visor Capital, Kazkhstan's first domestic investment bank, which was set up in 2005. "Every week we are seeing two or four [international] clients coming down to take a look around. We take them out to meetings and I am sure the volume on the [Kazakh Stock Exchange] has doubled in just the past three months. At the same time there is more private equity action and more mergers and acquisitions." |
July 2007
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EuromoneyBest Equity House in Kazakhstan
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May 2007
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EuromoneyKazakhstan ready to float its currencyKazakhstan is about to take another step on the path to becoming a recognized mainstream economy by removing restrictions on its currency, the tenge. The country plans to make the tenge fully convertible in January. |
January 2007
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EuromoneyHow Citic oiled the wheels of Kazakh M&AWHEN CITIC GROUP snapped up Nations Energy of Kazakhstan for $1.9 billion in December 2006, the deal was both a coup for the Chinese conglomerate and an indication of the increasingly frenzied attempts of foreign companies to grab assets in leading energy-producing countries. |