Kazakhstan
Central
Securities
Depository

Key infrastructure organization of the
Kazakhstan securities market

179,02 trillion tenge

Nominal volume of securities in the nominal holding system as of 01/01/2025

169 trillion tenge

The volume of registered operations with securities at the end of 2024

7 012

Total number of financial instruments accepted for servicing as of 01/01/2025

685 413

Number of registered accounts of depositors and their clients as of 01/01/2025

Our priorities

Architecture

development of IT architecture for scaling operations in the securities accounting and settlement system

Globalization

expansion of interdepository and correspondent relations with international depositories and global custodians

Height

ensuring the growth of foreign portfolio investment, retail base and the introduction of new tools

Optimization

reduction of time spent on settlement transactions by market participants

Our goal

To create a flexible ecosystem in the stock market, servicing a wide range of financial assets and providing a range of services:

Accounting and storage
of securities

Settlements for exchange and over-the-counter transactions with securities

Provision of services for the implementation of corporate actions

Providing services for cross-identification of clients

Launch of a platform for securities lending operations

Organization of trading in securities on the over-the-counter market

About us

The Central Securities Depository is one of the key organizations in the securities market of Kazakhstan.

We carry out settlements for all exchange and over-the-counter transactions on the territory of Kazakhstan, provide local participants with access to international securities settlement systems, i.e. We help local brokers gain the opportunity to purchase securities of local and foreign companies.

Infrastructure of the securities market of Kazakhstan

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Infrastructure of the securities market of Kazakhstan

Agency for Regulation and Development of Financial Market

Financial market regulator

Shareholders of the Central Securities Depository

Key infrastructure organization of the Kazakhstan securities market

Total shareholders: 13

  • 2%Brokerage
    organizations

  • 5%Second
    tier banks

  • 30%JSC “Kazakhstan
    Stock Exchange”

  • 64%National Bank of the
    Republic of Kazakhstan

IT in the Central Securities Depository

Software solutions
  • Software “Workbench Depositor”
  • AIS “Clearing House”
  • AIS “Billing”
  • AIS “Depository and registry system of securities”
Infrastructure solutions
  • Apache NiFi ETL/ELT tool
  • Orchestration of containerized Kubernetes applications
  • OTC platform
  • Oracle / PostgreSQL Database
WEB solutions
  • Member ledger
  • Website kcsd.kz
  • Web service for assigning a unique client code

Strategic IT directions

Depository activities
  • Development of an omnibus accounting system
  • Launch of a platform for lending operations secured by securities
  • Expansion of interdepository bridges with foreign depositories and global custodians
Registrar activities
  • Simplifying online access to registry services
  • Expansion of services for storing assets of “lost” security holders
  • Implementation of a bill registry system
Bank operations
  • Implementation of a foreign currency exchange service
  • Introduction of modern technological solutions for banking activities
Corporate Action Portal
  • Development of a corporate events portal
  • Introduction of an electronic voting system at the general meeting of shareholders
Over-the-counter trading
  • Implementation of the DvP model for over-the-counter transactions
  • Development of a service for trading securities and other financial instruments
Ecosystem Integration
  • Implementation of services for identification and proper verification of clients
  • Development of a marketplace based on the infrastructure of the Central Securities Depository
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