Individual investments increased to ₴71.2B ($1.7B) at the beginning of October, against ₴25.5B ($622M) in February 2022. Individual investors currently represent more than 4% of the total portfolio of domestic bonds.
Previously, private investors in Ukraine’s domestic debt were rare, except for employees from the financial sector. In 2016, residents’ investments in domestic bonds amounted to only ₴100M. However, the war significantly changed the situation because all commissions and minimum requirements were removed.
In addition, bonds can now be easily purchased online. The state also offers favorable conditions with yields from 15% to 18% for hryvnia securities and more than 4% for dollar securities. Ukrainian bonds are also attractive to foreign investors. At the beginning of October, foreigners owned approximately 1.4% of Ukrainian bonds, among which investors from Japan, Germany, and the US are the most active.