Corporate bond market needs practical cases, says NSSMC Chairman following a meeting with Kernel

The Chairman of the NSSMC, Oleksii Semeniuk, held a meeting with representatives of Kernel, one of Ukraine’s largest agricultural export companies. He reported this on his Telegram channel.

During the discussion, the parties considered the possibility of a pilot issue of corporate bonds in Ukraine. An agreement was reached to take this path in real life — by using a single case study, to test how the capital market infrastructure works and where the system needs changes.

Special attention is paid to the regulatory environment. The Commission is currently finalizing work on its PIAs regulation, which provides for the simplification of market entry procedures.

At the same time, there has been a rise in demand for investment instruments: investments in government bonds (OVDPs) exceeded UAH 12 billion. This indicates the availability of domestic resources and the need to expand opportunities for attracting them through corporate bonds.

“My position is clear: regulation should be simple, understandable, and market-oriented. Capital markets need to be developed in tandem with business—through practice, not declarations,” said the Chairman of the NSSMC.