A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in Kyiv this week for a three-day visit to meet with Ukrainian officials. The team will head to Warsaw later this week for the IMF’s review of its loan program for Ukraine that could unlock the next $900 million tranche of aid. Ahead of the visit, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 9 that Ukrainian officials were preparing to present the IMF delegation with a plan that included expanded domestic bond sales, tax hikes, and spending cuts to fill gaps in the budget in the event U.S. aid remains stalled in Congress.
MBH Bank issued MREL [minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities]-eligible bonds with a nominal value of EUR 350 million, the lender said yesterday, according to penzcentrum.hu.