Initial Report Part 6: Kaspi.kz (NASDAQ: KSPI), 117%% 5-yr Potential Upside (EIP, Dean Tay)
Currency The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) heavily manages the Kazakh tenge, but the currency remains vulnerable to frequent devaluations during risky external conditions. The last major devaluation occurred in 2015 when the NBK abandoned its USD peg due to historically low oil prices, which depleted the Bank's foreign exchange reserves. Source: JP Morgan While the risk of such an event is currently low, given the tailwinds oil prices are experiencing from the Middle East geopolitical crisis, the country's rising import needs amid an infrastructure construction boom and robust demand are expected to keep the current account in deficit over the coming years, placing depreciatory pressures on the tenge. Analysts forecast the Kazakh tenge to trade within the range of KZT430-450 per USD ov