Expert Ukraiina weekly has published an annual regular pi-rating of investment funds by Expert-Rating, a rating agency (see Expert Ukraiina #46 (237), November 30th, 2009). The rating research has embraced those funds which information on pays and shares is being regularly published by an assets management company. Their number totaled 71 both corporate and share funds. The effectiveness of the fund management was being appraised on the basis of comparison yield and risks with application of Sharp coefficient. More ›››

On November, 30th, 2009 the Rating Agency Expert Rating following the results of 2009Q3 has confirmed the infrastructure stability rating with outlook uaAA.amc according to the rating agency scale to the leading Ukrainian AMC OJSC KINTO. The company with the given rating will with very high probability discharge its fiduciary duties to the clients, having material and technical base, personnel and resource potential relevant to this purpose. More ›››

RA Expert-Rating confirms an infrastructural rating of AMC PJSC KINTO at the level uaAА.amc (a very high level of reliability). More ›››

On November, 27th, 2009 the Rating Agency Expert Rating following the results of 2009Q3 has confirmed the infrastructure stability rating with outlook uaA.col according to the rating agency scale the LLC Agency on Debt Management CredEx Group of Companies. The company with the given rating will with very high probability discharge its fiduciary duties to the clients. More ›››

On November, 26th, 2009 the Rating Agency Expert Rating following the results of 2009Q3 has confirmed the stability rating of insurance company JSC IC MIR according to own scale with the outlook aa- (equivalent in the national scale to uaAА-). The level aa- means that there is a high probability of that the company shall withstand the impact of adverse factors in the future. More ›››

On October, 26th, 2009 at the press conference in news agency Interfax-Ukraine the RA Expert Rating informed about awarding infrastructure stability rating with outlook uaA.col according to the rating agency scale the LLC Agency on Debt Management CredEx Group of Companies. The company with the given rating will with very high probability discharge its fiduciary duties to the clients. More ›››

On October, 21th, 2009 the RA Expert Rating awarded the VAB Bank of aa grade rating (equal to uaAА grade in national scale). There is high probability that the bank with the given rating will discharge its obligations with the clients. More ›››

The Rating Agency Expert Rating published a research evaluating the level of external support of the foreign banks working in Ukraine. The research allowed to reveal close ties between some international financial groups which position their branches in Ukraine as each others competitors. The knowledge of share capital structure of the foreign banks working in Ukraine will be useful not only to domestic financial regulators, but also to the establishment of these banks, to the insurers and large FIGs. It will allow to understand better the rationales of the activities of banks with foreign participation in Ukraine. More ›››

On October, 05th, 2009 at the press conference in news agency Interfax-Ukraine the RA Expert Rating informed about awarding infrastructure stability rating with outlook uaAA.amc according to the rating agency scale to the leading Ukrainian AMC OJSC KINTO. The company with the given rating will with very high probability discharge its fiduciary duties to the clients, having material and technical base, personnel and resource potential relevant to this purpose. More ›››

In September, 2009 Rating Agency ‘Expert Rating’ performed the study on the stability of the foreign banks working in Ukraine. The study has no analogues, and was the very first one in the history of Ukraine. The study was motivated by the absence in the market of accurate system of reference points which could be used by small companies and the population when assessing the level of external support which parent bank holdings can provide to their affiliated banks. The study produced (Pi)-rating of foreign banks. More ›››

Financial Stability Forum has been successfully conducted on September, 18th, 2009 in the hotel ‘Premier Palace’. Agency Director Vladimir Duhnenko and Chief Financial Analyst Vitaly Shapran took part in the work of the forum. Vladimir Duhnenko moderated the section where the following representatives of the state regulators took the floor:- Yuriy Prozorov, Deputy Head of State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets;- Igor Shumylo, Chief Executive on Economic Issues, Member of Board, NBU; - Peter MacFerran, EU Project ‘Strengthening of Ukrainian Financial Services Sector’. More ›››

On September, 29th, 2009 in Kiev in the President Hotel Conference centre ІІІrd Annual Conference took place within the limits of the European series of IDC Business Intelligence Roadshow conferences in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (http://www.idc-cema.com/? showproduct=1813004content_lang=ENG). The annual conference of IDC Business Intelligence Roadshow has proved as one of the most important events giving suppliers the chance to get in touch with potential customers who are about to make decisions on investments into business analytics. The Conference is a demonstration of actual BI-decisions, expert opinions, newest technological developments and concrete implementation strategies, designed to help business in solving present-day problems in the conditions of economic instability. More ›››

On September, 14th the journal Expert Ukraine published a traditional (fifth in row) annual pi-rating of stability of insurance companies. 47 insurance companies have been covered by journal rating with overall ca 9 bn. UAH gross premiums collected in 2008. For the first half of the year 2009 these companies have collected 3,5 bn. UAH. According to RA Expert Rating estimates, the companies rated occupy in aggregate over 60 % of classical insurance market in Ukraine. More ›››

On September, 8th, 2009 the Rating Agency Expert Rating following the results of 2009Q2 has confirmed the stability rating of insurance company JSC Reinsurance company Leader Re according to own scale with the outlook aa- (equivalent in the national scale to uaAА-). The level aa- means that there is a high probability of that the company shall withstand the impact of adverse factors in the future. More ›››

On September, 2st, 2009 the Rating Agency Expert Rating following the results of 2009Q2 has confirmed the stability rating of insurance company JSC IC MIR according to own scale with the outlook aa- (equivalent in the national scale to uaAА-). The level aa- means that there is a high probability of that the company shall withstand the impact of adverse factors in the future. More ›››

On September, 1st, 2009 the Rating Agency Expert Rating following the results of 2009Q2 has confirmed the stability rating of insurance company JSC IC Busin according to own scale with the outlook aa (equivalent in the national scale to uaAА). The level aa means that there is a high probability of that the company shall withstand the impact of adverse factors in the future. More ›››

Defaults on the tips of the tongues and in the heads Ukraine still remains the country with high probability of a sovereign default/ More ›››

On June, 30th Rating Agency Expert Rating published the updated rating report of JSC IC MIR. The report contains the analysis of company operations in 2008. The analytical service of the Agency notes that over the last 5 years JSC MIR increased the assets and the shareholders equity more than by 4 times and practically triplicated the annual gross premiums. More ›››