The National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSCMC) has added the trader training platform DoubleCase, the resource Hug’s (Spy LLC) of the famous financier Eric Nyman and six more cases to the list of unreliable investment projects.
“We remind potential investors of the significant risks associated with investing: due to persons whose activities on the territory of Ukraine are in no way regulated, persons indicating false information about licensed and allegedly official activities in countries with developed financial markets,” – stressed the Commission.
According to the data released on the website of the Commission, the list includes trading platforms E8 Markets, Rocket Options Pro, Pocket Broker, Bino Trade, AirMarkets, mining platform Gomining.
Thus, the total number of projects on the list reached 345, their full list is available on the official website of the SECP in the section “Protection of Investors’ Rights”.
Nayman told Economic Pravda that the Commission’s request to respond within five days to the questions was received only on January 8. In his opinion, no license is needed to conduct information courses, so the regulator’s decision is unreasonable.
The financier added that if the real reason for the claims is his high-profile posts in Facabook, then let the SEC address them directly to him, and not to Spy LLC.
According to the information on Double Case’s website, it has been operating in the market since 2004, and since 2008 it decided to focus on the educational sphere. Since 2021, the company has significantly expanded its presence and now has three offices each in Kiev and Chisinau and two each in Odessa and Lviv, and its clients can work through broker Pelliron Universal Inc.
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However, this is still almost three times more than before the start of the full-scale
Almost 65 thousand criminal proceedings under Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “Fraud” were opened in 2024, according to the PGO. This is 21% less than in 2023. However, it is still 2.7 times more than before the full-scale crackdown. Almost every fourth case goes to court.
64,978 fraud cases were opened last year. This is 21% less than in 2023. A record number of 82,609 cases were opened then.
It is worth noting that last year the number of fraud cases decreased by 2.4 times. While in the first quarter, on average, about 8,000 such proceedings were opened per month, in the last quarter, only 3,300 were opened.
The solving of such cases has also improved: 15,607 cases went to court last year. This is 24% of the total number of cases opened last year. For comparison, in 2022 and 2023, this figure was only 18%.
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In 2024, Ukraine’s metallurgical enterprises increased revenues from ferrous metal exports by 16.9% year-on-year to $3 billion 96.343 million.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), ferrous metals accounted for 7.42% of total export revenues in this period, compared to 7.32% in 2023.
In December, revenues from exports of ferrous metals amounted to $223.772 million, while in the previous month – $207.343 million.
At the same time, Ukraine increased imports of similar products by 13.1% to $1 billion 478.814 million last year. In December, the country imported products worth $108.227 million.
In addition, in 2024, Ukraine increased exports of metal products by 7.6% to $944.683 million. In December, they were exported for $73.676 million.
Imports of metal products increased by 14.9% to $1 billion 37.051 million during this period. In December, these products were imported for $76.205 million.
As reported earlier, in 2023, Ukraine’s steelmaking companies reduced revenues from exports of ferrous metals by 41.6% compared to 2022, to $2 billion 647.72 million, with ferrous metals accounting for 7.3% of total revenues from exports of goods in this period, compared to 10.3% in 2022. At the same time, in 2023, Ukraine increased imports of similar products by 37% to $1 billion 307.05 million.
In addition, in 2023, Ukraine decreased exports of metal products by 16.6% year-on-year to $877.92 million, while imports of metal products increased by 40.3% to $902.57 million.
In 2024, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises increased their production of total rolled products by 15.8% year-on-year to 6.222 million tons from 5.372 million tons, according to preliminary data.
According to Ukrmetallurgprom, steel production increased by 21.6% to 7.575 million tons and pig iron by 18.1% to 7.090 million tons during the period.
In December, the company produced 480.8 thousand tons of rolled products, 547 thousand tons of steel, and 565.4 thousand tons of pig iron, compared to 477 thousand tons of rolled products, 540.8 thousand tons of steel, and 542.9 thousand tons of pig iron in the previous month.
As reported, in 2023, Ukraine increased production of total rolled products by 0.4% compared to 2022 to 5.372 million tons, but reduced steel production by 0.6% to 6.228 million tons, and pig iron by 6.1% to 6.003 million tons.
In 2022, Ukraine reduced production of total rolled products by 72% compared to 2021, to 5.350 million tons, steel by 70.7% to 6.263 million tons, and pig iron by 69.8% to 6.391 million tons.
In 2021, the company produced 21.165 million tons of pig iron (103.6% compared to 2020), 21.366 million tons of steel (103.6%), and 19.079 million tons of rolled products (103.5%).
In 2024, Express Insurance (Kyiv) made payments in the amount of UAH 512.6 million, which is 54.8%, or UAH 181.6 million, higher than in 2023.
According to the insurer’s website, in particular, payments for hull insurance amounted to UAH 426.7 million (+47.9%), for MTPL – UAH 73 million (2.3 times more), payments under other insurance contracts – UAH 12.9 million (+15.8%).
As reported, in January-November 2024, Express Insurance collected insurance premiums in the amount of UAH 841.1 million, which is 29.1% more than in the same period in 2023.
According to the insurer’s website, the number of contracts concluded during this period is almost twice as high as in January-November 2023. In particular, the demand for hull insurance contracts increased by 16.7%, for MTPL – by 125.1%, and for other types of insurance – by 32.5%.
Express Insurance was founded in 2008 and is part of the UkrAVTO group of companies. It specializes in motor insurance. The consistently high speed of claims settlement in the IC is ensured by optimal interaction with partner service stations.
Since April 2012, Express Insurance has been an associate member of the Motor Transport Insurance Bureau of Ukraine.
According to the results of 2024, JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya paid UAH 22.28 billion in rent payments to the consolidated budget of the country.
According to the company’s website, 5% of this amount, or UAH 1.114 billion, went to the local and regional budgets in the regions where the company produces hydrocarbons.
As for the distribution of funds, Kharkiv region received UAH 580 million, Poltava region – UAH 441.3 million, Lviv region – UAH 45 million, Dnipropetrovs’k region – UAH 22.5 million, and others – UAH 25.2 million.
As reported earlier, in January-September 2024, Ukrgasvydobuvannya increased commercial gas production by 6.5% compared to the same period in 2023, up to 10.4 bcm, and liquid hydrocarbons by 26%, up to 372 thousand tons.
In 2023, the company produced 13.224 bcm of commercial gas, which is 0.679 bcm more than in 2022.
NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine owns 100% of Ukrgasvydobuvannya shares.
