OREANDA-NEWS. On 11 August 2009 was announced, that Interfax reported this morning that the International Finance Corporation plans to, at a minimum, double investments into Ukraine this year; last year it financed projects in Ukraine to the tune of USD 192 mln. IFC representatives in Ukraine said that among other projects, it is negotiating with three Ukrainian banks regarding investments. Andrii Parkhomenko: Concorde Capital met with representatives of the IFC a couple weeks ago, and from what we heard at the meeting, we expect that the organization will invest primarily into Ukraine's financial sector (focusing on banks struggling with large amounts of non-performing loans), as well as into the consumer sector.

Concorde Capital is a full service investment bank operating on the Ukrainian, Russian and CIS markets. In 2007 Concorde Capital’s analytical team was recognized as the Top Team covering Ukraine by Thomson Extel's Pan European Survey. Senior Analyst Alexander Paraschiy was recognized as the Leading Pan-European Investment Analyst – European Emerging Markets. Concorde Capital is a leader when it comes to private placements and M&A deals. Concorde Capital’s sale of a stake in Electron Bank to Volksbank International AG was named the Best Ukrainian M&A deal of the year 2007 by the Adam Smith Institute.