The National Commission for Regulation of the Financial Services Market under the decision No.1602 has cancelled seven licenses for voluntary insurance that have been issued to Farlong LLC insurance company (Kyiv). As the regulator reported on its website, the decision comes into force in 30 days, on September 27, 2019.
The licenses were cancelled for company’s failure to fulfill order of the financial market watchdog as of July 23, 2019 on removal of violated license conditions.
Farlong was put into the State Register of Financial Organizations of Ukraine in March 2016.
According to the State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs, Adamant Trading LLC is the main shareholder of insurer with 99.99% of its charter capital.
The charter capital of the company is UAH 35 million.
CANCELS LICENSES, FARLONG, FINANCIAL MARKET, INSURER, WATCHDOG
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is convinced that it will be possible to defeat corruption in Ukraine and bring those responsible to justice. “Happiness is seeing a thief in prison, not in the Maldives,” he said, speaking at the 16th Yalta European Strategy (YES) Annual Meeting “Happiness Now. New Approaches for a World in Crisis” in Kyiv on Friday.
At the same time, Zelensky noted that “the more they do not believe in us, the better we get the things done.”
“It was the same with the presidential election, it was the same with the removal of parliamentary immunity, it will be so with the overcoming of corruption,” he added.
Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) has placed ten-year eurobonds for $350 million with a yield of 6.25% per annum. “MHP issued ten-year eurobonds worth $350 million at 6.25% per annum,” a source in banking circles has told Interfax-Ukraine.
The funds will be used to refinance short-term liabilities, including eurobonds maturing in 2020, and general corporate needs.
At present, three issues of the holding’s eurobonds are in circulation: with maturity in April 2020, a coupon rate of 8.25% per annum and a yield of 3.294% per year, with maturity in May 2024, a coupon rate of 7.75% per annum and a yield of 5.902% per year. The last time MHP issued eight-year eurobonds in April 2018 for $550 million with a yield of 6.95% per annum.
MHP is the largest poultry producer in Ukraine. It is also engaged in production of grains, sunflower oil, and meat.
The only one shareholder of Ukrsotsbank on September 10 decided to merge Ukrsotsbank to Alfa-Bank (both based in Kyiv) under the simplified procedure. According to a report in the information disclosure system of the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market, Alfa-Bank shareholders took a decision to merge Ukrsotsbank under the simplified procedure at their general meeting on September 10.
“Taking into account that Ukrsotsbank JSC and Alfa-Bank JSC are members of the international banking group ABH Holdings S.A., the aim of the reorganization is to optimize the business and create a single reliable and financially stable private commercial bank in Ukraine as a result of the merger,” the report said.
As a result of the conversion of shares in connection with the merger, Alfa-Bank’s authorized capital will be increased by UAH 16.546 billion, up to UAH 28.726 billion.
As reported, ABH Holdings S.A. (ABHH, Cyprus), which indirectly owns 100% of Alfa-Bank (Ukraine), and UniCredit Group (UCG) on October 31, 2016 announced the completion of a deal on the transfer of 99.9% in Ukrsotsbank (Kyiv), UCG’s asset in Ukraine, in exchange for a minority stake of 9.9% in ABHH.
The Ministry of Infrastructure intends to regain control over Ukrzaliznytsia, Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy has told reporters. “I have already initiated this issue to the prime minister. I think we will begin in the near future,” he said.
The minister noted that the necessary changes to the relevant provision on Ukrzaliznytsia are already being prepared and the transfer could take place in the near future.
“If the Ministry of Infrastructure is responsible for the transport strategy and infrastructure, it is logical that the railway as an integral part of this living organism should go back [under the control of the Ministry of Infrastructure],” the expert said.
President of Finland Sauli Väinämö Niinistö has assured Ukraine of support in the area of energy sector reforms, in particular renewable ones.
“We are cooperating in the energy sector. We are interested in cooperation in the field of renewable energy sources and, I think, it will be for the benefit of both states. Therefore, we are ready to share our knowledge in this area,” he said at a joint press conference with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
He emphasized that Finland had also done a lot of work on forests.
“For the forests not only contribute to the economy, but also improve the life of society,” Niinistö added.
