Head of the State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine Dmytro Sennychenko announced his resignation of his own free will.“Resignation is my personal desire and my plans,” he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.Sennychenko said that he originally planned to work in this position for about two years. According to him, he managed to achieve the main tasks set, namely to ensure the stability of the processes in the fund, to create a team, to digitalize the processes and to consolidate the improvements in laws and regulations.The SPF head said the decision to resign was not connected with the auction for the sale of Bilshovyk.Sennychenko said that after submitting the application, he had already had a meeting with the president and prime minister. According to him, his application has already been registered in the Verkhovna Rada.The SPF head said that after his resignation he intends to rest for at least two months.
State-owned Ukreximbank (Kyiv) has expanded the list of securities for investment, and offers its clients corporate eurobonds placed on international stock markets and admitted to circulation on Ukrainian stock exchanges.According to the financial institution, in addition to sovereign eurobonds at the request of clients, Ukreximbank carries out operations with eurobonds of Ukrainian companies Naftogaz Ukrainy, Metinvest, Kernel Holding, MHP SE, and DTEK Renewables.In addition, clients can purchase eurobonds of Ukrainian Railway (Ukrzaliznytsia), Vodafone Ukraine, Ukravtodor, Oschadbank, Ukreximbank. In the future, the bank plans to expand the list of investment services and provide access to trading in shares of foreign companies, the press release says.“Among the first transactions, a significant one is the acquisition by our client […] of corporate eurobonds of Ukreximbank. We value the trust of our clients and are glad that now, among the instruments for placing funds, we can offer, among other things, investments in debt instruments of international capital markets,” member of the bank’s board Mykhailo Medko said.Ukreximbank was founded in 1992, its sole owner is the state. According to the National Bank of Ukraine, as of September 1, 2021, Ukreximbank ranked third in terms of total assets (UAH 241.973 billion) among 72 banks operating in the country.
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In January-September 2021, Ukrainian banks issued 7,500 mortgage loans worth UAH 6.07 billion, which is twice as much as in the nine months ending September 30, 2020 in terms of the number of such loans and more than 2.7 times in terms of their volume, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said on Tuesday in a monthly survey of banks.According to the survey, lending in September remained almost at the level of the previous month: in September, 943 mortgage loans were issued for UAH 812 million, compared with 944 loans for UAH 844.3 million a month earlier.The press service of the NBU said that the mortgage lending market remains concentrated: the five most active banks have concluded 90% of new transactions.Loans for the purchase of housing in the secondary real estate market are still ahead of the primary market: in September, their share exceeded 88% of all mortgage loans provided both in terms of the number of contracts and in terms of money volume, the NBU said in the press release.According to the survey, the average size of a loan for the purchase of housing in September was lower than in August – UAH 861,100 versus UAH 889,700 due to an increase in the share of mortgage lending in the regions and a decrease in the average contract amount in Kyiv. According to the NBU, in September the average effective rate of a mortgage loan in the secondary market fell by 0.3 percentage points, to 13.62% in September, and in the primary market – by 1.5 percentage points, to 15.38%.
Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka and State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of Moldova Vadim Gumene have discussed trade protection issues between the countries during a meeting of the Ukrainian-Moldovan working group, the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine has reported.“Some of the issues of bilateral trade, which we today [on November 16] are raising at the meeting, have been discussed for several years. Resolving trade disputes, in particular on ensuring an equal and transparent approach to Ukrainian exporters in accordance with the principles of the World Trade Organization, will be favorable strengthening Ukrainian-Moldovan trade relations and increasing the dynamics and bilateral trade,” the press service of the ministry said on the website, citing Kachka.As the ministry said, the Moldovan side raised the issue of the use by Ukraine of anti-dumping duties on the import of cement, rods from carbon and other alloy steels originating from Moldova to Ukraine. At the same time, the Ministry of Economy said that Ukraine has already begun an interim revision of anti-dumping measures for the import of cement into Ukraine from the Rybnitsa Cement Plant (Moldova).The Ukrainian side, in turn, raised the issue of amendments to the legislation of Moldova on displaying at least 50% of food products produced and/or processed on the territory of Moldova on trade shelves in retail chains. “Such a decision may negatively affect the volume of supplies from Ukraine of products falling under the specified restrictions. We are talking about the amount of almost $170 million,” the ministry said.In addition, the issue of environmental fee in Moldova, including from importers, for goods in plastic or tetrapack packaging, remains open. The low internal control in Moldova over the payment of environmental fees by local producers is worrying, while Ukrainian companies bear double costs, the ministry said.The Ukrainian side also raised the issue of customs clearance of goods exported to Moldova. In particular, problems are caused by the frequency of checks of Ukrainian goods and the additional costs incurred by Ukrainian companies.“The results of today’s discussions will be considered during a meeting of the joint intergovernmental Ukrainian-Moldovan commission on trade and economic cooperation, which will take place in the near future,” the ministry said.
Some 36% of Ukrainian citizens are not ready to be vaccinated against COVID-19, those who do not want to be vaccinated are more present among young respondents, according to a study by the Sociological Group Rating conducted on November 10-13. According to the survey, 46% of respondents noted that they have already been vaccinated (first or second vaccination), 16% indicated that they are ready to be vaccinated, while 36% are not ready.It is noted that the survey was conducted only among the adult population of Ukraine, while the official statistics of the number of vaccinated are displayed among the entire population. Over the past month, the number of vaccinations has increased (from 36 to 46%). Relatively more reluctance to get vaccinated is seen among young respondents.At the same time, 55% support compulsory vaccination of representatives of certain spheres (teachers, doctors, government officials), 35% are against it. The ban on visiting public institutions without a COVID certificate or test is supported by almost 40%, against – 53%. Almost 30% support the ban on using public transport, 65% do not.According to the study, 71% of the respondents consider it a violation of their rights to impose restrictions on unvaccinated people, 26% are of the opposite opinion. There are more of the latter in Kyiv present among the oldest respondents and those who have already been vaccinated.At the same time, 49% do not support politicians who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, 35% of respondents are indifferent to this, and 14% support such figures.Also, 61% of respondents believe that Ukraine is capable of developing its own vaccine against coronavirus, 37% do not.According to the survey data, 40% of respondents believe that no one is to blame for the increase in the incidence of coronavirus. Every fifth (21%) blames people who refused to be vaccinated for the worsening epidemiological situation, 15% blame the Ministry of Health.At the same time, the president and the Cabinet of Ministers are considered guilty by 7-8%, local authorities – 2%. Those who do not want to be vaccinated are more likely to believe in the spontaneous causes of the increase in the incidence. Those vaccinated and those who intend to do so are more often blamed for the growth of the epidemic on those who do not intend to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.The opinion poll was conducted using the CATI method (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews – telephone interviews using a computer) based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers among the population of Ukraine over 18 years old in all regions, except for the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas.The sample is representative in terms of age, gender and type of settlement. Sample population is 2,500 respondents. The error of the representativeness of the study with a confidence level of 0.95: no more than 2%.
