The inflow of foreign investment into Ukraine is slowing down. The investment climate in Ukraine has never been easy for investors but ongoing war has only worsened the situation. In 2024, the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Ukraine decreased by $1... #ForeignInvestor #imf #InvestmentClimate #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineRecovery
The SPFU is selling a distillery in the Ternopil region for ₴162M and preparing new lots for investors. The State Property Fund (SPFU) has announced the second auction for the sale of a single property complex belonging to the Zarubynskyi Distillery state enterprise in the Ternopil region with a startin... #AuctionUkraine #DistilleryPrivatization #ForeignInvestor #investments #PrivatizationUkraine #SPFU
Ukrainian investors are interested in acquiring a Polish meat processing plant with €25M in annual turnover. According to Retail & Development Advisor, which is serving as the authorized representative for this asset’s sale, negotiations are underway with several investors. Since the onset of full-... #AgroProduction #ForeignInvestor #investments #MeatProcessingPlant #Poland
Ukraine is seeking an investor for oil and gas fields in western Ukraine, while Ukrnafta will develop a hydrocarbon field previously claimed by Chevron. The government has approved two competition proposals for two areas in western Ukrainian oil and gas fields in the area of Mezhyhirsk and Svichansk, located within the Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Chern... #Chevron #ForeignInvestor #investments #NadraOleska #Oilmining #Ukrnafta
Despite the ongoing war, over 60% of international companies are ready to invest in Ukraine. According to a Business Ombudsman Council report, representatives from Ukrainian and foreign businesses in countries including Poland, Germany, Canada, the UK, Sweden, France, and Bulgaria indicate th... #CorruptionUkraine #ForeignCompanies #ForeignInvestor #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #RomanVashchuk #WarRisks
The state is working on the repayment of over ₴22B in debt to green energy producers; investors are returning to the market. The state enterprise Guaranteed Buyer is developing a roadmap to settle accumulated debt to green tariff electricity producers and is counting on making 100% of its required payments in 2025, said Dep... #EBA #energyukraine #ForeignInvestor #GreenEnergyUkraine #GuaranteedBuyer #RenewableEnergyUkraine #RESinvestments
Last year, foreign investment in Ukraine decreased by 25%, despite the government’s expectation of a 20% increase. Ukraine’s inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2024 reached $3.33B, which is 25% ($1.16B) lower than 2023’s figure, as noted by Danylo Hetmantsev, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Co... #CurrencyRestrictions #DanyloHetmantsev #ForeignInvestor #investments #nbu
British investors are ready to invest in the reconstruction of Ukraine; China also seeks to become involved. During a meeting between Ukrainian Deputy Development Minister Alena Shkrum, British government officials, and businesses, Britain expressed its readiness to invest in Ukraine’s reconstruction a... #China #ForeignInvestor #GreatBritain #investments #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery
Investors believe that the war in Ukraine will soon come to an end. Following Donald Trump’s re-election, investor sentiment has become more optimistic about Ukraine’s future. Markets have responded very positively to any advancements toward a long-term an... #DonaldTrump #ForeignCompaniesShares #ForeignInvestor #SecuritiesMarket #UkrainianCompaniesShares #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
The Ukrainian agricultural sector can boost its gross output by 400% with $80B in investment. According to Leonid Kozachenko, President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, achieving this 400% increase in agricultural output requires $75-80B in investment. Investment must continue for at l... #AgroInvestments #agroUkraine #Farmers #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #Ukrainianfarmers
The US is preparing to restart Nord Stream 2, and international investors are acquiring assets related to Russia. The US is formulating a project to reactivate the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2. According to the FT, this initiative is associated with Matthias Warnig, a close Putin ally, who led Nord Stream 2... #ForeignInvestor #GasSupplies #Gazprom #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianAssets #SanctionsAgainstRussia
A Ukrainian titanium company is working to attract four American investors for projects in Ukraine. Velta, a Ukrainian titanium company, is actively negotiating with four potential American investors regarding joint mining and processing projects in the country, said the company’s CEO, Andriy ... #CriticalMetals #ForeignInvestor #investments #MiningTitaniumUkraine #TitaniumUkraine #Velta
Where in Ukraine did investors put their money in 2024? Last year, there were no investment deals in Ukraine worth over $200M, whereas in 2023, the largest M&A deal reached a value of $500M, according to analysts. Foreign investors accounted for 45% of... #agroUkraine #Construction #ForeignInvestor #investments #MergersAcquisitions #MiningUkraine #UkraineEconomy
McKinsey recorded a recovery in the private equity market last year. After two years of uncertainty, the private equity (PE) market began to show signs of recovery in 2024. The main drivers were an increase in the number of deals, a rise in investment exits, and a decr... #ForeignInvestor #investments #McKinsey #PrivateEquityMarket
For the first time since the start of the war, a private Western fund has bought Ukrainian real estate. Dutch real estate fund Arcona Property Fund (APF) has purchased a land plot in the center of Kyiv from a British company, Secure Property Investment and Development (SPDI). This deal is the first purc... #ArconaPropertyFund #ForeignInvestor #investments #kyiv #LvivSquare
Ukraine’s reconstruction: Svyrydenko presents investment support mechanisms. Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko met with representatives from multiple EU governments (France, Italy, Germany, and eight other countries) to discuss deepening economic cooperation, attract... #ForeignInvestor #investments #UkraineReconstruction #WarRiskInsurance #YuliyaSvyridenko
Ukraine’s largest investors have shared their expectations for 2025; they predict increased economic activity and support from the US. Most of the 145 top company managers surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (AmCham) expect continued or increased support for Ukraine from the US (77%), and 23% predict its decrease.... #AmCham #ForeignInvestor #investments #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomicActivity
Western investors are ready to build 1.5 GW of generation capacity in Ukraine, but the lack of war risk insurance delays investment. Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Research Center, said that American and European investors are ready to invest in Ukrainian energy despite the war and have potential projects to construct... #ElectricityGeneration #EnergyInvestments #energyukraine #ForeignInvestor
The market for investments and M&A in Ukraine reached $1.2B in 2024. According to analysts, the volume of announced and completed M&A deals in Ukraine, including corporate deals, venture capital transactions in the technology sector, and state-owned property privat... #Creatio #ForeignInvestor #investments #MergersAcquisitions #ukrainianbusiness
Foreign direct investment in Ukraine decreased by 14% over the year. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Ukraine amounted to $3.98B in the first 11 months of 2024, which is 14% less than in the same period in 2023. Net foreign direct investment (excluding FDI ou... #DanyloHetmantsev #Foreigninvestments #ForeignInvestor #investments #UkrainianMarket
Despite the challenges of the war, the size of the average deal in the Ukrainian M&A market continues to grow. According to KPMG, activity in the Ukrainian M&A market has remained stable for the second year in a row, indicating cautious investor confidence despite the ongoing war. In the first nine months ... #ForeignInvestor #investments #MergersAcquisitions #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #UkrainianMarket
During the war, Ukrainians have significantly increased their investments in military bonds, to $1.7B. 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 o... #BondsUkraine #financeUkraine #ForeignInvestor #investments #OVDP
The Ukrainian government has approved contracts under which €95M will be invested in the Ukrainian economy. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved investment contracts regarding significant financial infusions into the Ukrainian economy, bringing about €95M in investment. Ukrainian legislation provides that ... #Astarta #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentNannies #investments #Kovalska #Буковель
In the first half of the year, almost $3B in foreign direct investment came into Ukraine. As reported by the parliament’s financial committee, in the first half of 2024 $2.96B in foreign direct investment (FDI) entered Ukraine. 74% of FDI inflow continues to create reinvested income ... #ForeignDirectInvestment #ForeignInvestor #investments #ITukraine #MiningIndustry #ProcessingIndustry
During the war, foreigners have opened more than 3,000 companies in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, foreigners from 101 countries have opened 3,075 companies in Ukraine. Most often, citizens of Turkey opened businesses in Ukraine – 396 companies or 12.9% of... #businessinukraine #ForeignInvestor #investments #TENS1MA #YugenVenture
Ukraine needs to reduce the size of its shadow economy to continue receiving help from Western partners. As FT writes, Ukrainian authorities are trying to improve the country’s financial condition by implementing several scenarios simultaneously, which can be called a mixture of debt restructuring,... #AmChamUkraine #ForeignInvestor #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineBudget #UkraineEconomy #UkraineShadowEconomy
Ukraine will now allow foreign companies to build large facilities in Ukraine without additional licenses. The Cabinet of Ministers amended a resolution, opening the possibility for representative offices of foreign companies and organizations in Ukraine to engage in the construction of large facilities. T... #BuildingUkraine #ConstructioninUkraine #ForeignInvestor #infrastructureUkraine #UkraineReconstruction
What prevents foreign companies from investing in Ukrainian industrial parks? Almost all investors interested in locating production facilities in industrial parks are Ukrainian companies. The share of Ukrainian investors in the total industrial park investment structure is alm... #ForeignInvestor #IndustrialPark #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineRecovery
Investors are increasingly investing in Ukrainian military tech projects. In 2023, the venture fund D3, with tech billionaire Eric Schmidt, was virtually the only investor in the Ukrainian defense industry. But this year, Ukrainian military tech has received a lot of attent... #BuntarAerospace #D3VentureCapital #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #EricSchmidt #ForeignInvestor #RagnarSass #TAFdrones
Investors from the EU are ready to build five waste processing plants in Prykarpattia for €150M. The Minister of Environmental Protection, Ruslan Strilets, following the results of a meeting with German Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Jaeger and several investment companies, said: “I heard fro... #ForeignInvestor #investments #MartinJaeger #RuslanStrilets #WasteProcessingPlant #WasteRecycling
Pritzker names the most attractive sectors of the Ukrainian economy for investors. Penny Pritzker, the US special representative, answered a question about the economic sectors that are ready for investment now: “Ukraine’s agriculture feeds 400 million people in the worl... #agroUkraine #DefenseIndustryUkraine #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #PennyPritzker #UkraineEconomy #UkraineTechnology
A Cypriot company buys more than 50% of a Ukrainian insurance company, and an Irish company, CRH, is finalizing the purchase of two cement factories in Ukraine for €100M. The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) allowed Saggarco Limited (Cyprus) to acquire more than 50% of the shares of the RESPECT insurance company. On April 19, 2024, Saggarco Limited entered into... #BuzziUnicem #CRH #Dyckerhoff #ebrd #ForeignInvestor #InsuranceUkraine #investments #RESPECT #SaggarcoLimited
The EC has restricted companies and private investors from exchanging assets with Russians. The European Commission has prohibited individuals and legal entities from EU countries from participating in an asset exchange scheme proposed by Russia. This is in response to the participation of t... #circumventionOfSanctions #EuropeanCommission #ExchangingAssets #ForeignInvestor #RussianAssets
The NBU has simplified access of foreign investors to instruments for rebuilding Ukraine. The National Bank of Ukraine has adopted a decision that will allow foreign investors to get direct access to marketable debt instruments aimed at Ukraine’s recovery. Starting on July 24, the li... #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #nbu #UkraineRecovery #UkraineSecurities
Ukraine’s M&A market grew to $510M in 2024. After a significant revival in 2023, activity in the Ukrainian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market continued to grow in the first half of 2024: the number of deals increased by 4.2% compared to ... #Biosfera #Creatio #Datagroup #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #MergersAcquisitions #NJJCapital
Ratification of the free trade agreement will quickly increase trade between Ukraine and Turkey by $2.5B per year. Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey, Vasyl Bodnar, noted: “Turkey traditionally plays an important role in Ukraine’s foreign trade. In 2023, the total trade volume was approximately $7.5B. Aft... #ForeignInvestor #FreeTradeAgreement #Turkey #TurkishBusiness #UkraineTrade #VasylBodnar
In August, Ukraine is scheduled to pay $210M to the owners of GDP warrants, but the Ministry of Finance is delaying the decision. Ukrainian Eurobonds holders are still determining the fate of their GDP warrants, the total nominal value of which is $3.2B. On August 1, in addition to the payment for Eurobonds maturing in 2026, Ukr... #Creditors #DebtRestructuring #Eurobond #ForeignInvestor #GDPwarrants #UkraineBond #ukrainedebt
Ukraine attracted $55.8B in direct foreign investment in the first quarter. As reported by the Ministry of Economy with reference to the National Bank of Ukraine, the volume of direct foreign investments in the economy of Ukraine (residuals) (equity instruments and debt instr... #ForeignInvestor #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #nbu #UkraineEconomy #UkrainianEnterprises
Owners of Ukrainian GDP warrants are rallying for negotiations on restructuring. Some holders of Ukrainian GDP warrants are planning to create a group that will represent their interests in restructuring sovereign debt, the data platform on public markets, and REDD companies repor... #Creditors #DebtRestructuring #ForeignInvestor #GDPwarrants #imf #UkraineBond #ukrainedebt
The war is accelerating Ukraine’s transition to renewable energy sources. By continuously attacking Ukraine’s energy sector for two years, Russia has inadvertently accelerated the country’s transition to ecologically friendly energy sources. Due to Russian airst... #energyukraine #ForeignInvestor #RenewableEnergyUkraine #RESinvestments #UkraineEnergyLosses #WarRiskInsurance
Experts name the factors stopping investment in new wind power plants in Ukraine. According to the head of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association, Andriy Konechenkov, new distributed generation capacities can compensate for the loss of 10 GW of traditional energy capacities. As well... #EnergyInvestments #ForeignInvestor #MilitaryRiskInsurance #RESinvestments #WarRisks #WindEnergyUkraine
Foreign investors entering Ukraine’s reconstruction market will bring their own specialists; this will increase the cost of projects. The Ukrainian construction industry suffers from a shortage of personnel, so developers have started to raise salaries. Experts note that “attracting migrants was and still is standard practice,... #ConstructionUkraine #ForeignInvestor #labormigrants #UkraineLaborMarket #UkraineRecovery
Where do companies with foreign investment work in Ukraine? The Unified State Register of Legal and Individual Entrepreneurs contains information on 2,903 companies with foreign capital registered in Kyiv and 800 in the Lviv region. Many companies with foreign... #businessinukraine #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineEconomy #UkrainianMarket
Should Ukraine open its land market for EU citizens? According to Dmytro Lyvch, co-founder of the Center for Economic Recovery, allowing EU citizens and legal entities to enter the Ukrainian land market will benefit both foreigners and Ukrainians. This ... #AgroLand #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #LandMarketUkraine #UkraineRecovery
European companies are interested in Ukraine and are not planning to leave the market. Many German companies operating in Ukraine are planning new investments despite the war, and only 8% of companies will curtail investment, according to the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Foreign Trade. A... #BusinessExpectation #ForeignCompanies #ForeignInvestor #GermanBusiness #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineBusinessActivity
Depression of Ukrainian manufacturers: Investment companies note the country’s shortage of investment projects. Ukrainian manufacturers do not want to attract investments because they focus on debt and cash flow, said Managing Director of Dragon Capital Mykhailo Granchak at the Grain Ukraine 2024 conference. Ac... #CapitalTimes #ChicagoAtlantic #DragonCapital #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #SerhiyTsivkach
Last year, foreign investment in Ukraine increased by 40%: Which international companies are investing? Foreign investment in Ukraine in 2023 increased by 40%, up to $1.2B. Among the large investors are giants in metallurgy, energy, and building materials. The metallurgical giant ArcelorMittal continues... #ArcelorMittal #BlackIron #CarlsbergGroup #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #OnurGroup
How do foreign investors assess the investment climate in Ukraine? Foreign investors have a restrained and negative assessment of the investment climate in Ukraine. Russia’s full-scale military aggression in Ukraine continues to lead the list of negative factor... #EBA #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentClimate #InvestmentsinUkraine
How can investors use co-financing to support Ukraine’s private sector? Ukraine is coordinating with Development Finance Institutions (DFI) to find a way to support its private sector. A memorandum between the EBRD and DFIs on the Co-financing Platform allows long-term pr... #ebrd #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineEconomy #YuliyaSvyridenko
Despite the war, Canadian companies are investing tens of millions of dollars in new projects in Ukraine. Vice-President of the Canadian-Ukrainian Trade Association Yuriy Kryvoshey said, in 2023 Canada’s foreign direct investment in the Ukrainian economy amounted to $61.8M. Fairfax Financial Holding... #AgroholdingAstarta #BlackIron #CamecoCorporation #Fairfax #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #OvostarUnion #Roshel
