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
Over 2600 foreign businesses have opened in Ukraine since the start of the full scale war. Most often, citizens of Turkey, Uzbekistan, Poland, and the US have incorporated new businesses, Opendatabot notes. However, citizens from 100 countries have invested money in Ukraine during the war. ... #businessinukraine #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #TENS1MA #UkraineEconomy #YugenVenture
Four waste processing plants with a capacity of 500,000 tons will be built in the Poltava region, at a cost of $130M. By the end of May 2024, the Poltava, Lubny, Kremenchuk, and Kobelyaky communities will determine construction sites for new waste processing plants. The planned enterprises will be able to fully proce... #ForeignInvestor #investments #Poltava #WasteProcessingPlant #WasteRecycling
Ukrainian debtholders plan to create a committee of creditors against the background of a possible debt restructuring. According to Bloomberg, large bondholders may intensify negotiations to create such a group after the IMF meeting on April 17. They note that time pressure is increasing as the moratorium on Ukrainian... #DebtRestructuring #ForeignInvestor #IMFmeeting #UkraineBond #UkraineBudget2024 #ukrainedebt
Canadian Black Iron will submit a new application for the Shymaniv iron ore deposit after the updated Investment Support Agreement. The company noted that the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine has updated legislation on investment support agreements and is now accepting applications through UkraineInvest. Black Iron took advantage of... #BlackIron #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #ShymanivIronOreDeposit #UkraineInvest
International investor Aregy Group has withdrawn from all projects in Ukraine due to corporate takeover attempts. The international medical group Aregy Group announced its exit from all projects in Ukraine due to regular raider attacks on one of its assets – the Chervona Kalyna recreation center in the vill... #AregyGroup #ChervonaKalyna #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #RaiderAttacks
During the war, 43 global companies have invested $1.7B in Ukraine. International investments in Ukraine increased from $0.5B in 2022 to $1.2B in 2023, said the head of the KSE Institute, Nataliya Shapoval, during the Ukraine Business Compact (UBC) Workshop. According... #Bayer #Baykar #CarlsbergGroup #CEMARK #CRH #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineBusinessCompact
Ukraine is launching a mechanism to support large investors. The government has approved the latest regulatory document that is necessary to launch the state support mechanism for projects with significant investment. Investors will receive maximum assistance a... #ForeignInvestor #investments #InvestmentsinUkraine #YuliyaSvyridenko
BlackRock expects to attract $15B from investors to reconstruct Ukraine through a reconstruction bank. According to Philipp Hildebrand, VP of the BlackRock investment company, the Development Fund of Ukraine will be composed of at least $500M from countries, development banks, and other grant providers... #BlackRock #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #PhilippHildebrand #UkraineReconstruction #UkraineRecovery
What industries in Ukraine do investors consider promising during the war? In the conditions of Russian aggression, Ukraine is attractive for investors who work with so-called distressed assets. These investors are willing to buy risky assets very cheaply, expecting potentia... #agroUkraine #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #ProcessingPlantUkraine #UkraineEconomy
What worries foreign investors in Ukraine the most? By order of the NBU, foreign investors cannot withdraw their dividends from Ukraine, which is the biggest problem with the inflow of investment, said the head of the EBA, Anna Derevyanko. “If yo... #AnnaDerevyanko #EBA #ForeignInvestor #InvestmentsinUkraine #nbu
