KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ Kazakhstan??™s Bank TuranAlem (BTA) is trying to set up a financial holding in Ukraine by the year-end in 2005 or early 2006, Ukraine Representative Office Chief Svetlana Berdalieva told Interfax.

"TuranAlem plans to establish its presence in Ukraine as a financial holding to provide a wide range of services: mortgage, leasing, pension funds management, insurance, banking services," she said.