Investment market digest for the week

Investment and the M&A market

• Ukreximbank put up for sale the assets of Ice Terminal LLC in Kyiv Oblast;
• The SPFU plans to put Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi port up for privatisation again;
• The price of Dnipropetrovskavtotransservice increased 38 times during the auction;
• Stakeholders of the Morshynska producer have engaged an independent company to evaluate the assets to prevent their undervaluation;
• Switzerland will provide $1.7 billion to Ukraine;
• US-based Clearview AI plans to open an office in Ukraine with a local development team – Mykhaylo Fedorov;
• Kyivmiskbud expects to buy UAH 300 million worth of real estate for the capital's needs;
• Ukrainian AI startup Zeely attracts $1 million in investment;
• The SPFU announced the privatisation of Zaporozhzhia Aluminum Works, which belonged to russian oligarch Deripaska;
• The World Bank announced a $200 million loan to Ukraine for the restoration of energy facilities;
• Ukreximbank put up for sale the debt obligations of a multifunctional centre in Kyiv;
• President Zelensky discussed assistance to Ukraine with US businessman Warren Buffett;
• The grain corridor was suspended due to the absence of inspections on that day;
• Ukrmetalurgprom: steel production down 66.2%, iron production down 65.7% in 3 months;
• Prengi, a startup founded by a Ukrainian, raised $500,000 in investment from SMRK;
• MHP agricultural holding ended 2022 with a loss of $231 million;
• The State Guarantee Fund intends to sell the assets of 9 banks for UAH 6.7 billion this week;
• Construction Materials Plant LLC may become the new owner of the Rivne Automobile Repair Plant. 

World

• US-based Newmont has improved its offer to buy Australian rival Newcrest to $19.6bn;
• Asia's largest pharmaceutical company Takeda sells a plant in russia;
• Hyundai plans to invest over $18bn in electric vehicles by 2030;
• Ethereum update unlocks about $33.73bn frozen in "stakes" – Reuters;
• Tesla to build a battery factory in Shanghai;
• Apple computer shipments fall 40.5% in first quarter – Bloomberg;
• Bloomberg: Investors pull out of oil-focused funds;
• Twitter introduces content monetisation – Elon Musk;
• Apple wants to launch MacBook production in Thailand – media;
• Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX returns assets worth $7.3 billion;
• Alibaba shares fall by almost 5.2% after SoftBank plans to reduce its stake in the company – Bloomberg;
• Funding for crypto startups fell by 80% in the first quarter – Bloomberg;
• American Emerson Electric plans to acquire NI Corp for $8.2bn;
• Blackstone has raised more than $30 billion for its own fund Blackstone Real Estate Partners X.