OREANDA-NEWS. On May 27, 2008 Ukraine's Finance Ministry elected a manager (lead-manager) for issuance and placement of external public bond, reported the Official website www.kmu.gov.ua.

In frames of the tender on a lead-manager, the Finance Ministry got proposals from 17 international investment banks.

A syndicate of three banks - BNP Paribas, JP Morgan and Standardbank won the tender, the ministry press-service reported.