Joint Stock Company Halyk Savings Bank Of Kazakhstan (LSE:HSBK) wants bad assets to be removed from JSC Kazkommertsbank (LSE:KKB) before a potential purchase of the lender, Forbes reported, citing Halyk Bank's head, Umut Shayakhmetova. Further communication on a potential deal could come in February 2017, when there is more clarity regarding the structure of a deal, Shayakhmetova said.