FUIB (First Ukrainian International Bank) ranked the first in the Kompanion magazine's Ranking of the banks by innovations in retail banking.

Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) obtained formal approval of Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for acquisition of newly issued shares of the PSC “ILYICH STELL” and PJSC “ILYICH IRON AND STEEL WORKS” thereby granting more than 50% voting rights in managerial bodies of aforementioned companies.

FUIB (First Ukrainian International Bank) has become a leader of Popular Trust Rating by taking the 2nd place in the project "The Most Trusted Banks" held by Dyelo newspaper.

Ukrainskyi Retail keeps developing. In July 2010 the Company opened four Brusnytsya stores - in Kramatorsk, Melitopol and two stores in Zaporozhye.

The statement was made by a new CEO of Avlita Stevedoring Company Sergey Posokhov at the first meeting with the labour team of the company. He also summarized the performance results for the first six months of the year, talked about the changes in the company as well as announced strategic plans for the next two years.

DTEK, Ukraine’s leading private sector fuel and energy company, today announces its performance results for the first half of 2010. According to these results, DTEK has consolidated its position as the leading company in Ukraine’s coal and power sectors.

Following substantial oversubscription during syndication, Metinvest (the largest mining and steel company in Ukraine) decided to increase the amount of its 3-year syndicated pre-export finance facility from $300 million to $700 million. The funds raised will be utilized to further modernize Metinvest’s assets along with other corporate purposes.

FUIB (First Ukrainian International Bank) improved its financial performance in the first half of 2010. The Bank's assets grew $10m year to date and made $1,997m as of 30 June 2010.

DTEK, Ukraine’s leading fuel and energy company, is pleased to announce that is has become an associate member of the Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC). EURELECTRIC brings together the major energy companies, associations and operators of the EU member states and other European countries.

DTEK will invest into two state-owned companies: Rovenkiantratsit and Sverdlovantratsit. The respective investment proposals of the company were approved by the Ministry of Coal Industry of Ukraine on July 09, 2010. The investment agreement with the enterprises will be valid for 5 years with an extension option.