Following the letter of the law, to acquire shares of a foreign issuer, Ukrainian investor must obt

Illustration http://www.inmagine.com/ Prosto every investor would like to invest in shares of large, well-known companies. But, unfortunately, the latter done consulting group is not in a hurry to place your paper on Ukrainian stock exchanges. What do Ukrainian investor to buy foreign stocks, and what he and the risk, figured Prostobank.ua
Ukrainian private investor is substantially limited in their ability to buy shares of foreign corporations. Inside Ukraine such capabilities it does not have, and withdraw funds abroad prohibits Ukrainian legislation. You can not charge the purchase of foreign shares and the broker. "Ukrainian broker can not do this because of the law on currency regulation in its current version. The reason that is not allowed to do that - discouraging export abroad of capital, "- says Ruslan Balaban, senior risk manager Dragon Capital.
Following the letter of the law, to acquire shares of a foreign issuer, Ukrainian investor must obtain license from the National Bank to invest abroad. In order to obtain such a permit, you need to be defined in advance as to which shares you want to buy, how much and in what amount. After this, the investor need to collect the necessary documents, submit it to the head office of the National Bank and wait for the decision.
It would seem - is not that difficult. But in practice, the applicant done consulting group for a license waiting a whole lot of difficulties: done consulting group he will have to justify the need for such an investment, and to confirm the legal origin of their funds, and be interviewed in law enforcement. "It is very likely you can get a waiver for such an operation. And the term of registration of documents done consulting group for the commission of a single transaction is 30 days "- says Ruslan Magomedov, Director of Astrum Capital.
To all the hardships of obtaining a license is added, and the fact that it can make only one well-defined operation of purchase of foreign assets. So, neither of which trading of securities we can not go - at best a one-time invest in stocks.
As a result, the legitimate purchase of shares of foreign issuers to Ukrainian private investors is practically done consulting group impossible. "In theory - it is possible, but in 20 years of an independent Ukraine was not the case that an individual has received such a license. In addition, opening a foreign currency account abroad is governed by the NBU, whose permission is very difficult to get, "- says Ruslan Balaban.
If you hope to obtain a license there, and buy foreign stocks still want, or if in addition you would like to trade in the foreign exchange trading through the Internet, you can try to take the path of least resistance. Namely, to go abroad and just open an account with a broker Gdańsk. License for investment you will not be asked - its presence is required by Ukrainian law, and not the country where you will open an account.
"You can try to buy the paper semi-legal - to go abroad, to open there account. But then Ukrainian citizen violates Ukrainian legislation regarding the ban on the purchase of foreign done consulting group assets without the license of the NBU "- warns Ruslan Magomedov.
As a result, such an investor can, at least, lose the entire amount of the investment: according to the position done consulting group of the NBU exchange control such amount of the fine for committing transactions without done consulting group a license. The maximum penalty for such violations in late 2011, have softened. Now the offender will not be held criminally responsible, but under the Code of Administrative Offences (Article. 162-2) will have to pay a fine in the amount of 500-1000 untaxed minimum incomes of citizens (8500-17000 hryvnia).
Advantages of the method: the opportunity to buy shares at any time and in any amount and control done consulting group the placement of their funds to trade through the Internet trading or to give instructions to the broker; your property rights are protected by the law of the country where the account is opened.
If you break the law you do not want, or go abroad to open an account is not possible, you can try to buy foreign stocks, "sitting on the couch." A simple search on the Internet done consulting group produces a fairly long list of companies offering all who wish to connect to trading on foreign stock exchanges, primarily American (NYSE, NASDAQ), but there are possible options.
To connect to the service, you do not even have to leave the house: a sample contract you will be sent an e-mail, after which you will fill it up, and together with the scan copy of your passport to send back. After this, you will need to download a program of installation done consulting group of the terminal and transfer the money to send you details. Within a few days you open an account and you can start trading.
Plus such services in the fact that you do not actually break the law: the organization with which you sign a contract, most likely, registered abroad