Muratova D. D.

 the teacher of department of finance and banking of Kostanay state university named after A.  Baytursynov

 

The development of the banking system after the crisis

 

 The banking sector is the largest and dominating a segment of financial sector of the country. Bank crisis in Kazakhstan happened in October – November, 2007 against a mortgage meltdown in the USA.

The reasons of crisis in the banking sector were: integration of economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in world economy, surplus of free money, aggressive credit policy of banks.

The main problem is quality of assets of the Kazakhstan banks.  The reason of decrease in quality of assets of commercial banks is in many respects covered in the credit boom taking place in Kazakhstan prior to the beginning of world financial crisis.

 Consequences of world financial crisis for banks of Kazakhstan:

Sharp reduction of growth rates of a banking system, essential deterioration of assets, decrease in profitability of the Kazakhstan banks.

        The measures taken by the Kazakhstan banks for mitigation of impact of crisis: toughening of credit policy,  increase of rates on the credits, refusal of further loans.

In the conditions of crisis credit policy of the banking sector underwent changes.  As a whole in the current situation the Kazakhstan banks reconsidered approach to an assessment of credit risks, it is connected with deterioration of a loan portfolio.  Today "clear" clients – financially steady companies and natural persons with real opportunity to serve a loan are financed.

 For the purpose of improvement of quality of the loan portfolios banks carry out mass restructuring of the problem credits.  It demands time and big efforts as approach has to be individual to each borrower, taking into account his current income, readiness to pay on the credit, stability and prospects of business.

On the security of real estate are the objective reasons of deterioration of mortgage loans: revaluation of a principal debt and remuneration owing to tenge devaluation, depreciation of mortgage real estate, reduction of workplaces in real and financial sector of economy.

World crisis of liquidity also was reflected and in rates according to again issued loans. According to growth of cost of attracted resources practically everything without exception banks raised rates according to the credit programs.

Now the credit market develops, but not in quantitative, and in the qualitative direction. Procedures of selection of potential borrowers and assessment of their solvency became more conservative that, in turn favorably influences improvement of quality of a credit portfolio as a whole in medium-term prospect.

On the security of real estate are the objective reasons of deterioration of mortgage loans:

• Revaluation of a principal debt and remuneration owing to tenge devaluation;

• Depreciation of mortgage real estate;

• Reduction of workplaces in real and financial sector of economy.

World crisis of liquidity also was reflected and in rates according to again issued loans. According to growth of cost of attracted resources practically everything without exception banks raised rates according to the credit programs.

Now the credit market develops, but not in quantitative, and in the qualitative direction. Procedures of selection of potential borrowers and assessment of their solvency became more conservative that, in turn favorably influences improvement of quality of a credit portfolio as a whole in medium-term prospect.

At the same time, despite growth of crisis potential in a banking system Kazakhstan, it is possible to note that the situation in the banking sector is rather operated and in the majority gives in to correction from regulating boards of Kazakhstan. As a whole the package of the anti-recessionary measures realized within implementation of the Joint action plan accepted on November 25, 2008 of the government, National bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, financial supervision economy stabilization Agency for 2009 - 2010, allowed to overcome a number of the most dangerous consequences of crisis.

Now the following help from the state is given the banking sector:

National welfare fund "Samruk — Kazyna" occurrence

in JSC "Bank Turan Alem" capital - 78,1%, JSC "People's Bank of Kazakhstan" - 21%, JSC "Kazkommertsbank" - 21,2%, JSC "Alliance Bank" - 67%.

Now restructuring on the specified banks are complete, however JSC "Bank Turan Alem" carries out the second restructuring of the obligations.

During crisis the National Bank gives support to a banking system by granting short-term liquidity.

For increase of stability of internal sources when forming base of funding of banks, ensuring stability of a financial system and protection of interests of depositors of NBRK in 2011 capitalization of JSC "Kazakhstan Fund of Guaranteeing Deposits" was increased by 10%, to 133 billion tenge.

Increase of trust of the population to financial sector will be promoted further by adoption of law concerning minimization of risks of the financial organizations.  This law provided preservation of the sum of guaranteed compensation on deposits of natural persons of 5 million tenges.

Signed by the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the end of 2011 the law "About Modification and Additions in Some Acts of RK concerning Regulation of Bank Activity and the Financial Organizations regarding Minimization of Risks" assumes three mechanisms of improvement of a banking system:

1.  The creation of JSC "Fund of the Problem Credits" opened for 100% at the expense of means of National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan.  The purpose of activity of this fund – repayment of hopeless and doubtful assets by providing on which the real estate at Banks of the second level on which 100% or 50% of provisions, respectively are created is not.  The fund will attract money, to do an assessment of problem assets, to redeem it, to operate mortgage property, to sell it, to gain income, through issue of bonds.  The first tranche will be redeemed by the non-state pension funds, the second – by banks, the third – by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2 . Cancellation "tax on write-off", validity period 2012-2018. As a result the tax deduction on income gained from restoration of provisions at write-off of hopeless loans will be provided to banks.

3 . Possibility of creation (purchase) and to be engaged in banks of the companies (special purpose vehicle) which will buy problem assets from banks in their management and improvement. Besides real estate objects and construction in progress serving as pledge, the bank can transfer to this company of share in the capital of the companies, passed to it as a result of credit non-payment.

Within implementation of measures for support of economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan the National Bank defined a number of priorities:

• Maintenance of course stability of tenge and necessary level of liquidity of the monetary market; àcceleration of processes of improvement of balances of banks and their "cleaning" of low-quality assets; development of a package of measures which will stimulate credit activity of banks at a post-crisis stage of development;  transition to countercyclical regulation and system improvement – risk – management at financial institutions; development of the package of measures, economic imbalances reducing level and system risks.

The measures taken by Agency on financial supervision:

• For the credits which have been given out to nonresidents in offshore zones, risks are weighed of 200%, the increased amount of provision is provided "in case mortgage providing is the property outside Kazakhstan"; suggests to facilitate burden of debtors and to limit penalty fee and penalties on the overdue credits to 10% of total amount of a loan. This offer is already included in the bill of protection of the rights of consumers; the norm according to which the bank which does not have the holding company or the major shareholder – the natural person, has no right to work with deposits of natural persons came into force; introduced in the government the bill assuming introduction of limit effective rates on the credits.

At world level of a problem of world economic development, including the banking sector, rose more than once, there were strategic and tactical offers during crisis and an exit from it.   One of important such actions is G20 summit as which recommendations act:   liquidity injection in a financial system, granting state guarantees and other types of the state help.

 

Literature

1. http://www.zakon.kz/ Report Chairman of  the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan Marchenko G. A. "Modern calls and prospects of development of financial sector Kazakhstan", 2009.

2. http://Aef.kz ,   Ayesheva G. A. "Financial crisis in Kazakhstan: experience and development prospects".

3. http://ipoteka.kz - BTA Mortgage