KIEV, May 26 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry has selected Paribas (France), JP Morgan (the United States) and Standard Bank (the U.K.) as lead-managers for the placement of its eurobonds in 2008, the ministry said on its official Web site.

"The Finance Ministry has selected the lead-manager for the placement of government foreign loan bonds, eurobonds, for the lowest commission fee in Ukraine's history… A syndicate of three banks - BNP Paribas, JP Morgan and Standard Bank - has been named the winner [of the tender to select a lead-manager]," reads the report.