UKRAINE: Ukrainian Investors Gained Access to Five More Foreign ETFs

Wednesday August 5 2026

On 5^th August 2026, the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) decided to admit securities of five foreign investment funds — exchange-traded (ETFs) registered in Germany and Ireland. This means that licensed Ukrainian depository institutions and securities traders have received a legal basis to account for these securities in the depository accounting system and offer them to Ukrainian investors in accordance with the requirements of the law.

The Commission’s Financial Monitoring Department confirmed that none of the five issuers is in the state register of sanctions. The decision on admission was made in accordance with the Regulation on the admission of securities of foreign issuers to circulation on the territory of Ukraine, approved by the Commission in 2021.

All five instruments belong to the category of UCITS ETFs — exchange-traded funds operating under the uniform European rules of collective investment. This structure provides for a number of requirements that directly protect the investor: the share of securities of one issuer in the fund’s portfolio cannot exceed 10% (for index funds — 20%) of total assets, and the fund itself is obliged to provide an opportunity to exit the investment at any time.

Despite the fact that all five funds are not offered to US residents in accordance with the US Securities Act of 1933, this restriction applies only to the distribution of securities in the United States and in no way prevents their circulation in Ukraine.

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