The international rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Kazakhstan-based JSC KazTransOil’s (KTO) Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB-‘ with a Stable Outlook, the rating agency reported. “The ratings reflect KTO’s strong operational and financial profile, which we expect the company to maintain at least over the medium term, as well as its…
Kazakhstan’s economy attracted more than 1.3 trillion tenges in foreign investment in January-July, up by 25% YoY, Ranking.kz analytical service said in its report. In July alone 181 billion tenges were injected into Kazakh economy, up by 5.3% YoY. However, foreign investments in fixed capital accounted only for 28% of total investments. The highest share…
Belarus’ foreign trade surplus totaled $64.3 million in January-July compared to a $974.3 million surplus in January-July 2015, the National Bank of Belarus said. The overall turnover of commodities and services in foreign trade shrank by 14.3% YoY in January-July to $32.874 billion. Exports of commodities and services reduced by 16.3% YoY to $16.469 billion,…
Russia’s recession is not over yet and the gross domestic product (GDP) growth will be limited to 1-1.5% over next five years even if oil prices are high, the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) said in a revised economic forecast until 2020. “The social and economic statistics for January-July shows that the recession is not…
Belarus should make a commitment and set clear goals to reduce the share of state-owned economy and enhance management in the public sector. Galina Yaschenko, Project Manager at McKinsey&Company, made this statement on September 8, at a roundtable conference dealing with the findings of a survey, which sought to find solutions for creating a more…
Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) created using funds of the U.S. government seeks to invest at least $5 million in commercial startups in the Ukrainian IT sector, WNISEF CEO Jaroslawa Z. Johnson said. “We have received a permit to launch a new fund for startups in the IT sector”, she noted. She said that WNISEF…
The Russian Finance Ministry is yet to decide on the placement of $1.25 billion more sovereign Eurobonds in 2016, Deputy Minister Sergei Storchak said. “No decision has been made”, Storchak noted. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the government was considering placement of more sovereign Eurobonds because it had a budgetary gap to close after…