VIII Conference Capital Markets Kazakhstan

October 9, 2025

Almaty

DoubleTree by Hilton Almaty 115 Dosmukhamedov Street

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VIII Conference Capital Markets Kazakhstan (09.10.2025)

09:00 - 09:30

Registration, welcome coffee

09:30 - 09:40

Welcoming Addresses

Sergey Lyalin, Founder, Cbonds

Farkhad Okhonov, Chairman of the Management Board, Halyk Finance

09:40 - 11:00

Financial market of Kazakhstan. Strategic development guidelines

• Global trends and their impact on Kazakhstan's capital market;
• Improving the competitiveness of Kazakhstan's financial sector;
• Streamlining the regulatory framework for quality growth;
• Development regional financial centers.

Askar Yelemessov, Chairman of the Expert Council, Definition Financial Communications

Aidyn Dauletbak, Director of the Securities Market Department, Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Farkhad Okhonov, Chairman of the Management Board, Halyk Finance

Adil Mukhamedzhanov, Chairman of the Board, KASE

Svetlana Lavrova, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Aurora-Ala Foundation (Almaty), National Endowment Association, European University in St. Petersburg

Timur Makenov, Deputy Head of the Project Office, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 11:50

Cbonds — a source of up-to-date information on local financial markets

Sergey Lyalin, Founder, Cbonds

11:50 - 13:10

Local bond market as the basis of the financial system

• Development of corporate and sub-sovereign bond and Eurobond markets;
• Implementation of sustainable financing principles in the debt market;
• Improving the liquidity of the secondary bond market;
• Digitalization of the processes of issue and circulation of debt instruments.

Moderator: Kristina Soboleva, Independent strategic consultant, CFA Charterholder., private

Timur Salimov, CEO, Alatau City Invest

Mikhail Novoselov, Executive Director for External Relations and Information, Freedom Finance Global

Saken Abilxmazhinov, CFO, BI Development

Sergei Danov, CEO, International Trading System Ltd

Georgiy Krasilnikov, Executive Director for Hedging Instruments, GrottBjorn

Nurken Bolatbek, Deputy Director of the Client Relations Office, KASE

Anzor Botashev, Chairman of the Management Board, Teniz Capital Investment Banking

13:10 - 14:10

Lunch

14:10 - 15:30

Central Asia's Macroeconomics in a New Economic Reality

• Impact of global economic trends on Kazakhstan and countries of the region;
• Industry drivers of growth for the region's economies in the short- and medium-term.

Moderator: Alisher Djumanov, Founder and Managing Partner, AD Wealth

Murat Temirkhanov, Advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board, Halyk Finance

Dmitry Dolgin, Chief Economist, Russia & CIS, ING-DiBa AG

Rakhimbek Abdrakhmanov, Research Economist, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Rakhim Oshakbayev, Chief Economist, TALAP center for applied research

Vitaly Tutushkin, Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Head of the Permanent Representative Office of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty, National Bank of Kazakhstan

15:30 - 16:30

Digital transformation of finance: from experiments to the mainstream

• Development of blockchain technologies, digital currencies and digital financial products;
• Tokenization of assets and financial instruments;
• Problems of regulating a new industry, ensuring the security of digital financial services.

Mher Mkhitaryan, Chief Business Development Officer, ATAIX Eurasia

Vyacheslav Anufriev, Head of Digital Assets direction, Bereke Bank

Temir Sembinov, Head of Almaty Office, Astana International Financial Center (AIFC)

Maksim Kovalev, Director of Digital Assets Department, FONTE Capital

Asylbek Aitmatov, Chairman of the Expert Council, AURVA (Association of Virtual Asset Market Participants)

Dina Balkina, Director of the Department for Development of the Digital Tenge System, National Payment Corporation of Kazakhstan

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee Break

17:00 - 18:00

International Investments and Global Capital Market Integration

Moderator: Aleksandr Budarin, Head of Russia, CIS and China Fixed Income Department, Cbonds

Rafael Nagapetyants, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Senior Partner of a Private Wealth Management Company, Movchans Group

Ararat Mkrtchian, CEO, Sirius Capital

Julia Khandoshko, CEO at European broker, Mind Money

Yuliya Lapshina, CEO, Obshchestvo s ogranichennoi otvetstvennostiu "Investitcionnaia kompaniia "Fontvel"

Igor Akulov, Managing Director, Head of EM Macro Structured, Barclays Bank UK

18:00 - 00:00

Cocktail Reception at ComeIn Restaurant

Almaty, 104 Bogenbai Batyr Street

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