OREANDA-NEWS. On March 17, 2008 the conference "Kazakhstani congress of stock market participants - 2008" takes place in Almaty city. The organizers of the event are News agency Cbonds (Saint-Petersburg) together with Kazakhstan stock exchange JSC (KASE), reported the press-centre of KASE.

This conference has a mission to gather the participants of stock market on the same floor and to give them an opportunity to share their experience, investment ideas, to reveal their positions on the market.

For the participation in the conference are invited the professional participants of securities market, investors and issuers of Kazakhstan, Russia, and other countries of CIS and Europe. An expected number of participants is 200-250 persons.

In the frames of the conference, the speeches on the following topics are planned:

- Securities market in Kazakhstan: problems and prospects;

- Development of tools on the stock market of Kazakhstan;

- Assets management: techniques of working with privet investors, asset management, development of hedge funds, legislative restrictions and initiatives;

- Consequences of the global financial crisis for the economy and financial system of Kazakhstan;

- Investment attractiveness and risks on the capital market of Kazakhstan: analysis of industries, the view of managers of European funds;

- Investor relations for Kazakhstani issuers and professional participants of the market.

The conference will be held at the following address: Alatau hotel complex, Almaty.

The conference program is available with weekly updates at
http://www.cbonds.info/rus/bondcongress/kazakhstan2008/agenda.phtml

By the end of the main part of the conference, a traditional ceremonial supper will take place. Furthermore, on March 16, on Sunday, the organizers invite the participants to make a trip to Ak Bulak.

The cost of participation in the conference makes USD250. For the representatives of issuer companies of non-financial sector it is USD200. In case of registration prior to January 20, 5% discount is provided. In case of registration of two and more representatives from one organization, an additional 5% discount is given. Preferential participation terms are given to the representatives of pension funds.

The cost includes: participation in the work of the conference, hand-out package, coffee breaks, lunch, supper, trip to Ak Bulak. Placement in the hotels is not included to the price of participation.

Persons wishing to participate in the conference should fill in the registration for at the page
http://www.cbonds.info/rus/bondcongress/kazakhstan2008/registration.phtml

Cbonds holds professional conferences in Russia and CIS countries since 2003. It is already the third time that Kazakhstan receives Cbonds conference. In 2005 Alatau complex received the traditional Bonds' congress of CIS countries that gathered more than 280 participants. And in 2007 more than 180 delegates from Kazakhstan, Russian, Latvia, Ukraine and Great Britain participated in the conference named "Securities market and collective investments in Kazakhstan".

All additional information about the participation terms, advertising opportunities, composing of reports program is available from the representatives of Cbonds:

Head of the project Investfunds Roman Cherednichenko:
posukonko@cbonds.info,
phone.: +7 812 336 97 21 (104)

Head of the project Kazakhstan Mihail Posukonko:
posukonko@cbonds.info,
phone: +7 812 336 97 21 (104)

Head of conferences department Olga Visser:
visser@cbonds.info,
phone: +7 812 336 97 21 (115)

Specialist of conferences department Irina Manko:
manko@cbonds.info,
phone: +7 812 336 97 21 (116)