NATIONAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION OF NATIONAL BANK OF KAZAKHSTAN ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF PROCEDURES FOR SELECTING STRATEGIC PARTNER FOR REAL ESTATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT MANDATE.

Summary of the Selection procedure

General information of the announced mandate is given below:

1.1. Brief investment guidelines to potential strategic partners for real estate and infrastructure investment mandate:

• Assets can be invested in primary and secondary real estate and infrastructure funds, as well as in co-investments across North America, Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world (excluding CIS countries). Investment strategies include core, core plus, value added, opportunistic, debt, and others;

• The Strategic partner is to provide discretionary and non-discretionary services in real estate and infrastructure investments;

1.2. Minimum requirements to potential strategic partners:

• At least 5 (five) years of experience as a strategic partner (fund of funds manager, separately managed account manager and consultant/adviser) for real estate and infrastructure investment mandate;

• At least 2 (two) billion USD of total real estate and 2 (two) billion USD of total infrastructure assets under management (AUM).

Contact details

Managing firms willing to participate in this selection procedure and which satisfy the above minimum requirements shall contact NIC employees (please see the contact details below) responsible for conducting the selection procedures to request detailed information on the selection procedure and questionnaire (Request for Proposal).

The completed questionnaire (RFP) should be sent no later than London closing time June 30, 2021, by post to the following address: 57A Mangilik Yel Avenue, Nur-Sultan city, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Z05T8F6 and electronically to the NIC employees’ emails.

Alexandr Sayenko – Head of Private Markets;

Tel: +7 (717) 255 7125, email: sayenko@nicnbk.kz

Miras Abdukhalikov – Private Markets;

Tel: +7 (717) 255 7124, email: abdukhalikov@nicnbk.kz

National Investment Corporation – Private Markets team;

Email: pm@nicnbk.kz