Ukraine's financial industry has been harmed by the political turmoil of recent months, and its future prospects depend largely on a peaceful resolution of those tensions. So far in 2014, a severe political crisis has brought the downfall of the previous president and the election of a new one, Petro Poroshenko, who is considerably more pro-EU in political orientation than his predecessor. Russia has responded with the annexation of Crimea and by stirring armed unrest in Ukraine's east and south.
Ukraine's economic and financial indicators were already poor as a result of the lax stewardship of the Yanukovych era. In the midst of a severe political crisis that began in late 2013, in early 2014 the threat of a sovereign debt crisis also loomed for a time. Although this threat has subsided since the agreement for a US$17bn IMF programme loan in late April, the previous government had been forced to abandon the hryvnya peg to the US dollar in early February, and profitability and deposits in the banking system have been hit. If protracted, this could set off another bout of destabilising hryvnya weakening.

Financial services report 2

Banks 3

Insurers 6

Asset managers 8

Financial markets and instruments 9

Financial regulation 11

Monetary and currency policy 11

Ukraine at a glance 13

Fundamental indicators 14

Key contacts 15

Industry publishing schedule 16

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