Terms and abbreviations
| BSE | Baku Stock Exchange |
| Clearstream | International Central Securities Depository, a part of the Deutsche Börse Group |
| CNY/KZT | Chinese yuan with settlements in tenge |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ETF | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Euroclear | clearing system of settlements between banks on the secondary market of Eurobonds and other securities |
| EY | Ernst & Young |
| FEAS | Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IIRC | International Integrated Reporting Committee |
| IPO | Initial Public Offering |
| is2in | electronic document management system |
| IT | Information Technology |
| KASE | Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC name abbreviation |
| KASE_BMC | "clean" price index of the main market |
| KASE_BMY | corporate bonds yield index for the main market; |
| KAZRC | Kazakhstan Association for Public Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves |
| LSE Group | London Stock Exchange Group |
| MiFid | The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive — The EU Directive regulating investments in financial instruments |
| MOEX | Moscow Exchange PJSC |
| MSCI Russia | Morgan Stanley Capital International Russia |
| MSCI EmerginMarkets | Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets |
| Road-show | a series of meetings with potential investors and analysts when issuing the issuer's securities |
| RUB/KZT | Russian ruble with settlements in tenge |
| S&P 500 | stock index of the 500 largest U.S. publicly traded companies |
| SASB | The U.S. Sustainable Accounting Standards Board |
| TOD | settlement condition whereby a transaction is settled on the day of its conclusion (English, "today") |
| TOM | settlement condition whereby a transaction is settled on the next business day following the date of its conclusion (English, "tomorrow") |
| TONIA | weighted average interest rate on repo opening transactions for one day in the automatic repo market in government securities of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| TWINA | weighted average interest rate on repo opening transactions for seven days in the automatic repo market in government securities of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| UZSE | The Toshkent National Stock Exchange |
| WFE | World Federation of Exchanges |
| JSC | joint stock company |
| KFA | Kazakhstan’s Financiers Association |
| IAEx of CIS | International Association of Exchanges of the Commonwealth of Independent States |
| STB | second tier bank |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| VUZ | Higher educational institution |
| UAPF | Unified Accumulative Pension Fund JSC |
| Exchange | Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC |
| Brokers-dealers | Brokerage and/or dealer organizations |
| GDR | Global Depositary Receipt |
| MMC | Mining and metallurgical companies |
| GS | government serial securities |
| EAEU | Eurasian Economic Union |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| SSE Initiative | The UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative |
| ESG criteria | Environmental, Social and Governance criteria |
| MEKKAM | short-term government treasury bonds of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan (with the circulation term up to one year inclusive) (abbreviation of the securities title is given in the Kazakh language) |
| MEOKAM | medium-term government treasury bonds of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan (with the circulation term from one to five years inclusive) (abbreviation of the securities title is given in the Kazakh language) |
| MEUJKAM | long-term government saving treasury bonds of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan (with over five years circulation term) placed among pension saving funds (abbreviation of the securities title is given in the Kazakh language) |
| MEUKAM | long-term government treasury bonds of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan (with over five year circulation term) (abbreviation of the securities title is given in the Kazakh language) |
| mln | million |
| bn | billion |
| Moscow Exchange | Moscow Exchange PJSC |
| MCI | Monthly calculation index |
| SME | Small and medium-sized businesses |
| IFI | International financial institution |
| NBRK | National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| NCE RK Atameken | Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| CS | corporate serial securities |
| U.A.E | United Arab Emirates |
| UN | The United Nations |
| ULE | Union of legal entities |
| Government | Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| RCE | Regional chamber (chambers) of entrepreneurs |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| Media | Mass media organizations |
| USA | United States of America |
| thous. | thousand |
| trln | trillion |
| LLP | limited liability partnership |
| Trading system | trading system of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC |
| Damu Foundation | Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund JSC |
| CC | central counteragent |