KYIV, Oct 22 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has drawn up and approved a mechanism for making reserves for forward and futures currency deals that could be used for securing financial stability of banks.

KYIV, Oct 22 – Ukraine relies on cooperation with international financial institutions in order to be able to repay its debts, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Monday.

KYIV, Oct. 22 - Ukraine has mandated banks for its first long-dated international bond issue since last year’s stand-off with the International Monetary Fund, which halted a $17.5 billion bail-out package, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

KYIV, Oct 19 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) will seek to finance innovative projects in education, infrastructure, power and decentralization in Ukraine, officials said Friday.

KYIV, Oct 22 – The share of coal of the structure of Ukraine's energy balance to decline by 60% in 15 years, to 13%, and it will be replaced thanks to renewable energy, according to a forecast of the Razumkov Centre.

According to the forecast, the share of green energy of the balance will grow fivefold in 15 years, to 25%.

KYIV, Oct 22 - Naftogaz Trading gas supply company LLC on October 12 signed first contracts on the sale and purchase of natural gas using the new sales format. Gas has been supplied under all of the signed contracts.

KYIV, Oct 22 - Horizon Capital Group, which manages $800 million, plans to invest up to $200 million in Ukraine over the next three or five years, Denys Tafintsev, a senior partner and a member of the Horizon Capital investment committee, has said at the Kyiv International Economic Forum.

KIEV, Oct. 21 – Inflation expectations of business circles in Ukraine in the third quarter improved and devaluation expectations grew, while the business expectations index exceeded 100%.

KIEV, Oct. 21 - Ukrainian bank ratings are likely to remain at current weak levels for the foreseeable future despite signs of some improvement in the operating environment now that agreement to restructure $18 billion of sovereign external debt has been reached, Fitch Ratings said on its website.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – The termination of air communications between Ukraine and Russia in the outlook will not change the long-term sales outlook of Ukrainian conventional and online agencies, and ticket sales of Ukrainian airlines could grow, Director General of Amadeus Ukraine and Moldova Oleksiy Murovtsev said.