KYIV, Oct 1 – The Cabinet of Ministers plans to create the National Welfare Fund, boost return on assets (RoA) of state-owned enterprises (SOE) to 5% in 2024 and inspect entities on five largest markets to reveal abuse of monopoly.

KYIV, Oct 2 – Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine, lifecell mobile communications operators have approved the reduction of a fee for money transfers between accounts to 0.5% until the end of the current year, the press service of Vodafone Ukraine has reported.

KYIV, Oct 2 – Metinvest mining and metallurgical group has placed 10-year $500 million eurobonds at 7.95% per annum and five year EUR 300 million eurobonds at 5.75% per annum, a source in banking circles has told Interfax-Ukraine.

LVIV, Oct 1 – GlobalLogic IT company, the largest software designer in Ukraine, expects that the Ukrainian IT market would grow by 20% in 2018, to over $4 billion, Head of the company's office in Lviv and Vice-President for Engineering at GlobalLogic Denys Balatsko has told Interfax-Ukraine on the sidelines of Lviv IT Arena 2018.

KYIV, Oct 1 – New renewable energy generating facilities with a total installed capacity of 160.1 MW were launched in Ukraine in July-September, which is 2.4 times more than a year ago, the press service of the National Commission for the State Regulation of Energy, Housing and Utilities Services (NCER) has reported.

KYIV, Oct 1 – A controversial order from the National Commission for the State Regulation of Energy, Housing and Utilities Services (NCER) may disrupt the operation of nuclear generation, National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky said.

KYIV, Oct 1 - Rozetka.ua, the largest Ukrainian online store, has rented 1,800 square meters of space in the FontanSky shopping and entertainment center (Odesa) for a store, Colliers International consulting company said.

KYIV, Oct 1 – Exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to European countries in January-August 2018 exceeded $3.6 billion, Ukraine's Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has reported.

KYIV, Oct 1 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and Clearstream have approved an action plan to open access of foreign investors to Ukrainian securities via the international central securities depository.

The NBU said on its website that the linkage to the Ukrainian market is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2019.

KYIV, Oct 1 – Swiss-based responsAbility Participations AG asset management company (Zurich) has acquired more than 40% of shares of PJSC Bank Lviv, the bank said on the website.