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Toxic Assets Fund has been slow to buy out toxic assets: Central Bank Governor
Kazakhstan’s banks should sell their NPLs at a reasonable discount (…) they had better not concentrate on such NPLs; let the Toxic Assets Fund deal with them: Gregory Marchnko.
06 июня 2013
Central Bank Governor on devaluation of the national currency, the Tenge
According to him, since February 2009 the Tenge has grown against the Dollar by 12%.
06 июня 2013
Legislation on the single chain of ATMs run by the Central Bank to be drafted by July 1: Central Bank Governor
I believe we should work out an option acceptable for most of the country’s banks: Gregory Marchenko.
24 мая 2013
Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor on single currency within Customs Union
It could take us a decade if we build on the Eurozone experience, he believes.
24 мая 2013
Central Bank Governor on pension reforms
According to Mr. Marchenko, 72% of the current retired people are females with the other 28% being males.
20 мая 2013
Kazakhstan might launch a single system of ATMs operated by the Central Bank
According to Gregory Marchenko, the Central Bank Governor, the suggested single system of ATMs will enable to cut down the service fee twofold as compared to the current average rate.
14 мая 2013
Kazakhstan's balance $1.65 billion in black
Kazakhstan's current accounts balance was $1.65 billion in surplus in January-March 2013.
08 мая 2013
Kazakhstan's Q1 gold and FX reserves announced
The National Oil Fund’s assets as of April 1, 2013 stood at $59.806, 3.53% up against the start of the year.
05 апреля 2013
Kazakhstan National Bank issues new 2,000-tenge note
Kazakhstan National Bank has issued a newly redesigned 2,000-tenge banknote.
29 марта 2013
Central Bank Governor believes it’s time local banks turned to external borrowing
He reminded that the banking sector’s debt reached its peak back in 2007 making up $47 billion, whereas today the figure stands at $10.6 billion.
06 марта 2013
Kazakhstan to retain inflation at 6-8 percent
Kazakhstan National Bank has approved the Key Monetary Policies of Kazakhstan for 2013.
17 февраля 2013
National Bank Governor warns against dominance of public bodies reps in the Single Pension Fund Board
According to him, in the long run the Government may need money to cover the budget deficit or finance some state-run projects and there might be a temptation to rely on pension savings.
07 февраля 2013
National Bank Governor on ways current pension funds could take
They can be transformed into asset management companies; they can be transformed into pension funds working with voluntary savings schemes; or they can wind up and exit the market: Gregory Marchenko.
07 февраля 2013
National Bank Governor on investing pension assets into infrastructure projects
Pension savings are to be consolidated into a single pension fund by July 1, 2013.
07 февраля 2013
Gold coin dedicated to Asian Games sold for $60 thousand
The National Bank of Kazakhstan released 20 thousand coins with a nominal value of 5 thousand, 500 and 100 tenge dedicated to the Asian Games.
01 февраля 2013
Kazakhstan boosting share of gold in gold and FX reserves
According to National Bank Vice Governor Bissengali Tadzhiyakov, the share of gold in the country’s gold and FX reserves stands at 22% at the moment.
29 января 2013
National Bank of Kazakhstan launched online sales of commemorative coins
Commemorative coins released by Kazakhstan's central bank mint can now be bought from the National Bank’s online shop.
29 января 2013
Current pension funds could be transformed into asset management companies: Central Bank Governor
According to him, the Government is to hire an assessment company to fairly and independently evaluate the assets so that they could be bought out later on at a fair market value.
29 января 2013
National Bank refutes alleged resignation of its Governor Gregory Marchenko
According to the Bank’s PR Department, Mr. Marchenko hasn’t filed and doesn’t plan to file in resignation before the tenure expires.
28 января 2013