By KYIV. Jan 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The state-owned PrivatBank, Oschadbank, Ukreximbank and Ukrgasbank took the top four places in the rating of primary government bonds dealers in terms of purchase volume, the Ministry of Finance reported on Friday.
According to its data, Kredobank rounded out the top five, followed by OTP Bank and CitiBank.
At the end of 2021, all four state-owned banks were also in the top five, but then OTP Bank took second place, and Ukrgasbank was higher than Ukreximbank; Kredobank was ninth in the ranking, and CitiBank was eighth.
Now, according to the results of 2022, Sense Bank is in eighth place, having climbed from the 10th year earlier, and Raiffeisen Bank is in ninth place, having dropped from sixth.
Finally, FUIB rounded out the top ten in the 2022 rating, which, according to the results of 2021, was seventh, and like a year ago, Pivdenny Bank was tenth.
The Ministry of Finance traditionally does not provide other data on the purchase of bonds by these banks.
As of the end of November, PrivatBank owned government bonds worth UAH 234.24 billion, Oschadbank bonds worth UAH 89.01 billion, Ukreximbank worth UAH 47.98 billion, Ukrgasbank worth UAH 20.17 billion, Kredobank worth UAH 4.09 billion, OTP Bank worth UAH 3.91 billion, CitiBank worth UAH 2.93 billion, Sense Bank worth UAH 3.83 billion, Raiffeisen Bank worth UAH 14.32 billion, FUIB worth UAH 13.41 billion and Pivdenny worth UAH 1.77 billion.
Among banks that are not primary dealers, the largest portfolios of government bonds were owned by Universal Bank (monobank) with UAH 11.54 billion, Alliance Bank with UAH 5.24 billion, Accordbank with UAH 4.25 billion, UkrSibbank with UAH 3.75 billion , MTB Bank with UAH 2.51 billion, Credit Agricole Bank with UAH 2.41 billion and Credit Dnipro Bank with UAH 2.12 billion.
