Investment market digest for the week

Ukraine 

London conference on Ukraine's restoration was held in London;

EU grants Ukraine the fifth tranche of €1.5 billion – Ministry of Finance;

EU invests in the expansion of Ukraine's railway infrastructure;

EBRD will distribute €600 million this year between Naftogaz, Ukrhydroenergo, and Ukrenergo;

World Bank's MIGA agency started providing guarantees for insurance of war risks from the trust fund supporting the reconstruction and economy of Ukraine;

The World Bank and Scatec ASA are implementing a mobile solar power generation and storage project in Ukraine;

Danube steamboat navigation will receive support from the World Bank;

Treasury bonds of the USA are allowed for circulation in Ukraine – NERC;

In May 2023, under state guarantees on a portfolio basis, banks issued 987 loans totaling over 4.3 billion UAH;

The amount of individuals' deposits in Ukrainian banks increased by 1.4 billion UAH in May 2023;

Yaroslavsky's Sukha Balka directed more than 1 billion UAH to pay dividends;

The auction winner paid 373 million UAH for the Hermitage hotel in the centre of Kyiv;

Tihipko's Taskombank is buying a credit portfolio of individuals from Arkada Bank for almost 45.6 million UAH;

The State Agency for Recovery announced the first auctions for the reconstruction of damaged apartment buildings;

SPFU is putting Trylisy alcohol plant in Kyiv Oblast up for auction on July 7;

Property of millionaire Barshchovsky, wanted by police in Poland, is put up for auction for 65 million UAH;

Ukreximbank plans to hold an auction for the sale of ATEM LLC assets for 2.8 billion UAH;

The State Property Fund is putting the training centre in Kyiv Oblast up for auction at half the previous starting price;

A prestigious office on the 25th floor of the Standard One residential complex in Kyiv is up for auction on August 1;

Philip Morris plans to invest $30 million in new production in Ukraine;

Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine fined German Cheplapharm Arzneimittel almost 25 million UAH for concentration without the approval of Hoffmann-La Roche;

Italian cement manufacturer Buzzi sells business in Ukraine and Slovakia for 100 million euros;

Telecommunications company Veon invests $600 million in its mobile unit Kyivstar;

The Ministry of Energy won back the Fuks' Eskhar CHPP-2 in Kharkiv Oblast;

The Diia app added the option to instantly close a private entrepreneurship.

World

The European Union has introduced the 11th package of anti-russian sanctions – EC;

The Head of the US Federal Reserve stated that policymakers are anticipating another increase in interest rates;

The Bank of England raised the bank rate by 50 basis points, marking the 13th consecutive increase;

Iranian oil exports are the highest in 5 years;

Oil prices are falling due to low energy demand;

European stock markets fell by more than 1% due to interest rate concerns;

Buffett donated $4.6 billion in Berkshire shares to charity;

Ukrainian taxi service Uklon has entered the Uzbek market;

Equinor announced it has signed a 15-year deal to purchase nearly 1.75 million tonnes of LPG per year from Cheniere;

NiSource is selling a stake in its Indiana subsidiary to Blackstone for $2.15 billion;

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and partners are launching a $1.5 billion climate financing platform;

Chinese battery giant CATL has signed a $1.4 billion deal to develop a lithium deposit in Bolivia;

EQT and ChrysCapital are buying HDFC's education finance division for $1.1 billion;

American Micron confirmed investments of around $825 million in a chip factory in India;

Virgin Galactic, a space tourism company, raised $300 million through a stock placement – CNBC;

Kraken crypto exchange recorded the second largest Bitcoin outflow of $225 million;

Coca-Cola HBC is buying the owner of the vodka brand Finlandia for $220 million;

Binance's market share in the US is decreasing amid a legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

For the tenth month in a row, an increase in sales of new passenger cars is observed in the EU car market – ACEA.