PRESS RELEASE: Kyiv to host conference 'Investing in distressed assets in Ukraine - opportunities and challenges' on March 1, 2012
During the conference, participants will examine practical tools for structuring distressed and non-core asset transactions in Ukraine and be updated on the legal and tax implications of distressed asset disposition. The conference sessions will address such specific issues as market regulation mechanisms, alternative sales/purchase platforms as well as functions and roles of all stakeholders in the market.
Main issues for discussion at the conference:
• Post-crisis recovery in the Ukrainian Banking Industry.
• NPL Transfer Guide: The process of selling distressed assets in Ukraine. Preparing and valuing a portfolio for sale. Various transfer structures and terms of sale available in Ukraine.
• Measures taken by the regulator to improve liquidity in the banking system.
• Explaining the instruments of debt securitization in Ukraine – debt-to-equity/debt swaps and tradable mutual funds instruments.
• Understanding legal forms for transferring assets, through assignment to a financial / factoring company.
• Overview of the role of asset management companies in the corporate fund market.
Conference Agenda contains reports by the leading international and Ukrainian experts, and officials. Speakers: Mr. Rufat Alimardanov, Head of regional IFC office in Ukraine and Belarus, Garth Bedford, Manager of IFC's Banking Advisory Program in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Stanislav Arzhevitin, First Deputy Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Finance and Banking, Dmitriy Anufriev, Partner in Financial Advisory Services department, Deloitte, Stanislav Dubko, Director-General, RA Credit Rating, Serhiy Biriuk, Advisor to the Chairman, National Commission on Securities and Stock Market, Dr. Maryan Sambirsky, Director AMC IFG Capital Venture Funds, Dr. Serhiy Antonov, President of the Ukrainian Association of Financial Traders, Zoya Mylovanova, Senior Associate, BEITEN BURKHARDT and many others.
The Conference is organized by the IFC's Banking Advisory Program in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (is one of World Bank Group organizations, which invests in private sector) in partnership with "Perspectiva" Stock Exchange and the Conference House Company, which specialize on organization of industry and international business events. General Sponsor of the Conference - IFG Capital.
Detailed information and registration by phone +38 044 5411838 or Organizer’s web sites www.ch.kiev.ua and www.ifc.org/eca/cr.
The main media partner is Interfax Ukraine