Igor Dykyi has told about why foreigners buy Ukrainian national debt

Since the beginning of the year, non-residents have invested UAH 7.575 billion in state bonds. From this time, the total portfolio of government hryvnia obligations in their property grew more than twice times - from 5,126 to UAH 12,701 billion. The main part of investments falls on short securities with maturity in 3-6 months. By virtue of investments in the Ukrainian national debt, foreign investors can receive about 20% of annual income. Igor Dykyi, director of the corporate department of the IBI-Rating rating agency, together with Liga.net, sort out why foreigners buy Ukrainian national debt and how long foreign capital will linger on the Ukrainian market.

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