Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - October 22, 2009

HEADLINES:

Residential real estate: Good days in Kazakhstan still another 2-3 years off
(bne) - Top bankers in Kazakhstan expect the residential real estate sector to recover in two to three years time when demand will once again outstrip supply.

Kazyna Capital and EBRD to launch private equity fund
(SRI) - Kazyna Capital Management (KCM), the private equity arm of the state holding Samruk-Kazyna, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plan to launch a private equity fund focusing on distressed companies in 2010.

National Fund assets to reach $3.1 billion by 2013 (SRI)

ENERGY:

Max Petroleum identifies multiple targets on licences in Kazakhstan (Small Cap News)

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:

German businessmen consider investing in Mangistau region of Kazakhstan (Interfax)

National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates October 21, 2009 (Kazakhstan Today)

POLITICS:

Is Kazakhstan fit to chair the OSCE? (RFE/RL)

EU Commission critical of Kazakh laws on rallies and demonstrations (Interfax)

SOCIETY:

Rights group urges Kazakhstan to reopen activist case (Reuters)

REGIONAL:

Russia confident of joining WTO with allies (Reuters)

Kyrgyzstan leader names new PM, consolidates power (Reuters)

Kyrgyz opposition criticizes reform plans (AP)

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - October 22, 2009

Rights group urges Kazakhstan to reopen activist case (Reuters)

Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - October 22, 2009

Is Kazakhstan fit to chair the OSCE? (RFE/RL)

EU Commission critical of Kazakh laws on rallies and demonstrations (Interfax)

Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - October 22, 2009

Max Petroleum identifies multiple targets on licences in Kazakhstan (Small Cap News)

Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - October 22, 2009

Residential real estate: Good days in Kazakhstan still another 2-3 years off (bne)

Kazyna Capital and EBRD to launch private equity fund (SRI)

National Fund assets to reach $3.1 billion by 2013 (SRI)

German businessmen consider investing in Mangistau region of Kazakhstan (Interfax)

National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates October 21, 2009 (Kazakhstan Today)

Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - October 22, 2009

Russia confident of joining WTO with allies (Reuters)

Kyrgyzstan leader names new PM, consolidates power (Reuters)

Kyrgyz opposition criticizes reform plans (AP)

Russia confident of joining WTO with allies

(Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organization had not been damaged by the complications of pursuing membership together with Kazakhstan and Belarus.
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Kyrgyzstan leader names new PM, consolidates power

(Reuters) - Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev named long-standing ally Daniyar Usenov Wednesday as prime minister, in a major shake-up of government that cements his grip on power.
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Kyrgyz opposition criticizes reform plans

(AP) - Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet resigned Tuesday as part of a sweeping government reform campaign the president said will save money and make the Central Asian nation’s leadership more effective.
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National Fund assets to reach $3.1 billion by 2013

(SRI) - Total assets in Kazakhstan’s National Fund will grow to $31 billion by 2013, Economy Minister Bakhyt Sultanov said in a government meeting on Wednesday.

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