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June 2007

Ukraine: Problems and prospects for privatization

by Chloe Hayward

Since 2004, privatization in Ukraine has sought to follow an auction system but, as restrictions and requirements are placed on bidders, the winning bid is often poorly contested and so poorly priced. An example of this was seen when Luhanskteplovoz, a monopoly Ukrainian producer of locomotives and trams, was sold in March to a Russian bidder for $60 million in a non-contested auction.


Ukraine takes cautious steps down IPO road

The PFTS and Ukrainian World Bank advisers, among others, are debating the role of privatization in enhancing stock market liquidity. Andrei Kolomiets, head of information and analytics at PFTS, says: "We try to explain to the state property fund [the fund that acts as a holding company for all state companies] and the Rada that the privatization process needs to be altered so...


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