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VEON’s Kyivstar Advances Direct-to-Cell Services With Starlink Integra...
VEON’s Kyivstar Advances Direct-to-Cell Services With Starlink Integration and Regulatory Approval for Testing Dubai and Kyiv, June 18, 2025 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or the “Company”), today announces that Kyivstar, its digital operator in Ukraine, has received regulatory approval to conduct testing of Starlink Direct-to-Cell (D2C) services from the Ukrainian National Commission for the State Regulation of Electronic Communications, Radio Frequency Spectrum and the Provision of Postal Services (NCEC). Today’s regulatory approval for field testing follows...
Kyivstar and Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine sign Cooper...
Kyivstar and Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine sign Cooperation Memorandum to Launch National Large Language Model for Ukraine Dubai and Kyiv, June 17, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator, announces today that Kyivstar, VEON’s digital operator in Ukraine, has joined forces with Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to develop Ukraine’s first national large language model (“LLM”) trained on Ukrainian-language data. The cooperation memorandum builds on VEON’s and Kyivstar’s pledge to invest USD 1 billion to rebuild Ukraine’s digital infrastructure over...
VEON Appoints Vitaly Shmakov as Acting General Counsel
VEON Appoints Vitaly Shmakov as Acting General Counsel Dubai, June 17, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce that it has appointed Vitaly Shmakov as the Acting General Counsel, based in VEON’s headquarters in the Dubai International Financial Center, effective July 1, 2025. Vitaly Shmakov is currently serving as Group Director of M&A and Strategic Transactions at VEON. Since joining the Company in 2016, he has held various roles, including Deputy General Counsel for Corporate, M&A and Strategic Transactions; Associate G...
Omiyinka Doris Chooses to Step Aside from VEON General Counsel Positio...
Omiyinka Doris Chooses to Step Aside from VEON General Counsel Position Dubai, June 17, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON; the “Company” or “VEON”), a global digital operator, today announces that Omiyinka Doris has chosen to step aside from her role as Group General Counsel of the Company effective July 1, 2025. Ms. Doris will continue as a strategic advisor to the Group Chief Executive Officer and will remain based in Amsterdam. Ms. Doris has worked with VEON for a decade, first as Deputy General Counsel, SEC/Disclosure, Finance and Governance, then as Acting Group General Counsel and most r...
- Chris Hoare
VEON (Buy, TP: $65/ADR, +70%) Share Buyback restarted, good buying op...
Following a sell-off which culminated in an 18% decline on Friday and has taken the stock down by 30% in a month, VEON has announced it is starting the 3rd tranche of its $100m share buyback. VEON remains a compelling BUY for us with a US$ 65/ADR price target.
VEON Announces USD 35 Million Share Buyback
VEON Announces USD 35 Million Share Buyback Announcement marks the third phase of USD 100 million share buyback program Dubai, June 16, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or the “Company”), announces that it will shortly commence the third phase of its previously announced share buyback program with respect to the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”). This third phase of the buyback will be in the amount of up to USD 35 million. The third phase of the share buyback program is being launched after the successful completion of the second phase on Ma...
- Chris Hoare
Global EM Telcos M&A Cycle in-bound; buy the targets
With sentiment, leverage and cash flow all improving for EM Telcos we think we are approaching the point of the cycle where M&A is going to become more prevalent, and shift from bearish (in-market consolidation), to bullish (out of footprint). Investors should consider building portfolios based on likely targets. Who are they?
VEON Progresses in Kyivstar Group’s Nasdaq Listing with the Public Fil...
VEON Progresses in Kyivstar Group’s Nasdaq Listing with the Public Filing of Registration Statement on Form F-4 Dubai and Kyiv, June 5, 2025 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON) (“VEON”), a global digital operator, announces the public filing of a registration statement on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with the listing of Kyivstar Group Ltd. (“Kyivstar Group”), the parent company of Ukraine’s leading digital operator JSC Kyivstar, on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”). This filing represents a milestone in VEON’s pl...
Kyivstar Group Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results in Conjunc...
Kyivstar Group Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results in Conjunction with its Nasdaq Listing Process Total operating revenue reaches USD 255 million or UAH 10.6 billion, up 37.1% year-on-year in USD and 49.6% in local currency termsProfit for the period amounts to USD 44 million, up 22.2% year-on-year in USD and 33.7% in local currency terms, with a profit margin of 17.3%Adjusted EBITDA1 reaches USD 140 million, up 50.5% year-on-year in USD and 64.6% in local currency terms, with an adjusted EBITDA margin1 of 54.9% Completes acquisition of Uklon, Ukraine’s leading ride-hailing busi...
- Research Team
The Rear-View Mirror – EME markets: EME indices mostly in the green in...
EME Equity Market – May 2025 EME indices mostly in the green in May, apart from Türkiye. The MSCI EM Europe Index added 3.6% mom in EUR and USD terms. The Greek ASE index (+7.8% mom) was the best performer, followed by the Czech PX (+6.6% mom) and Romanian BET indices (+5.0% mom), the Hungarian BUX (+4.0% mom) and the Polish WIG20 (+2.0% mom; all in EUR terms). The Turkish ISE30 Index was, again, the worst performer, with a more modest decline (-1.4% mom in EUR terms) this time.
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Empowering Kazakh Students: VEON’s Beeline Kazakhstan introduces AI-ba...
Empowering Kazakh Students: VEON’s Beeline Kazakhstan introduces AI-based Tutor powered by KazLLM Dubai and Astana, June 3, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), is pleased to announce the launch of “AI Tutor”, a collaboration of Beeline Kazakhstan and Qazcode. AI Tutor is an AI-powered learning assistant designed to support children’s and adults’ learning experience in Kazakh language. Built on the locally developed KazLLM large language model, AI Tutor represents a step in digital inclusion and educational acc...
VEON and Engro Corporation Complete Pioneering Infrastructure Partners...
VEON and Engro Corporation Complete Pioneering Infrastructure Partnership in Pakistan Islamabad and Dubai, June 3, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or “the Company”), announces that it has successfully closed the partnership for the pooling and management of telecommunications infrastructure assets in Pakistan with Engro Corporation Limited (“Engro Corp”). VEON’s infrastructure assets housed under Deodar (Private) Limited have now vested into Engro Connect, a subsidiary of Engro Corp. VEON’s digital operator Jazz will continue to lease Deodar’s extensive ...
- Ahmed Ben Salem
- Bruno Cavalier
- Steven Boumans
TKA THYSSENKRUPP AG
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LI KLEPIERRE SA
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RMS HERMES INTERNATIONAL SCA
FLY SOCIETE FONCIERE LYONNAISE SA
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TNG TRANSGENE SA
MERY MERCIALYS SA
EVN EVN AG
SZG SALZGITTER AG
EL ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA
WHA WERELDHAVE N.V.
KCO KLOECKNER & CO SE
BLND BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC
BRBY BURBERRY GROUP PLC
KOF KAUFMAN & BROAD SA
JCQ JACQUET METALS SA
KER KERING SA
ALTA ALTAREA SCA
VNA VONOVIA SE
VOE VOESTALPINE AG
ACX ACERINOX SA
ENI ENI S.P.A.
XIOR XIOR STUDENT HOUSING N.V.
ERA ERAMET SA
ICAD ICADE SA
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REP REPSOL SA
BYG BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC
COFB COFINIMMO SA
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TEG TAG IMMOBILIEN AG
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UBS UBM DEVELOPMENT AG
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PAT PATRIZIA AG
MONT MONTEA SCA
AED AEDIFICA SA
CARM CARMILA SAS
LEG LEG IMMOBILIEN AG
MONC MONCLER SPA
CPINV CARE PROPERTY INVEST SA
SAFE SAFESTORE HOLDINGS PLC
ARG ARGAN SA
VGP VGP NV
BC BRUNELLO CUCINELLI S.P.A.
CFR COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA
COL INMOBILIARIA COLONIAL SOCIMI SA
DIC DIC ASSET AG
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- Ahmed Ben Salem
- Bruno Cavalier
- Steven Boumans
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BLND BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC
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KER KERING SA
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VNA VONOVIA SE
VOE VOESTALPINE AG
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COFB COFINIMMO SA
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- Chris Hoare
Global EM Telcos & Towers Bull market continues – NSR GEM Top-10 June...
It was another very strong month for our picks as the EM Telco bull market continues. As we have been arguing for some time EM Telco is a much better space than it used to be, and the market has now started to understand this. This note also includes key news & other thoughts, to try to help investors generate alpha within the EM Telco space.
- Florent Laroche-Joubert
- Roy Külter
- Steven Boumans
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NXI NEXITY SA CLASS A
FLY SOCIETE FONCIERE LYONNAISE SA
GYC GRAND CITY PROPERTIES SA
MERY MERCIALYS SA
WHA WERELDHAVE N.V.
BLND BRITISH LAND COMPANY PLC
KOF KAUFMAN & BROAD SA
ALTA ALTAREA SCA
VNA VONOVIA SE
XIOR XIOR STUDENT HOUSING N.V.
ICAD ICADE SA
BYG BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC
COFB COFINIMMO SA
CAI CA IMMOBILIEN ANLAGEN AG
TEG TAG IMMOBILIEN AG
VASTB VASTNED RETAIL BELGIUM NV
PSPN PSP SWISS PROPERTY AG
UBS UBM DEVELOPMENT AG
SPSN SWISS PRIME SITE AG
PAT PATRIZIA AG
MONT MONTEA SCA
AED AEDIFICA SA
CARM CARMILA SAS
LEG LEG IMMOBILIEN AG
CPINV CARE PROPERTY INVEST SA
SAFE SAFESTORE HOLDINGS PLC
ARG ARGAN SA
VGP VGP NV
COL INMOBILIARIA COLONIAL SOCIMI SA
DIC DIC ASSET AG
MERLIN MERLIN PROPERTIES SOCIMI S.A.
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LAND LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC
MVC METROVACESA SA
NSI NSI N.V.
ULA UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD SE STAPLED SECS CONS OF 1 SH UNIBAIL RODAMCO + 1 SH WFD UNIB ROD
INS INSTONE REAL ESTATE GROUP AG
AEDAS AEDAS HOMES SA
WDP WAREHOUSES DE PAUW SCA
ECMPA EUROCOMMERCIAL PROPERTIES NV
CTPNV CTP NV
ONE ONE UNITED PROPERTIES SA
SHUR SHURGARD SELF STORAGE LIMITED
- Research Team
WOOD Daily: EBS AV; SPL PW; EME Macro/Strategy – CIS; PCF PW; ECH PW; ...
HEADLINES: • Erste Bank Group: smart leverage, strong thesis (stays BUY) • Santander Bank Polska: no such thing as plug and play in M&A (downgraded to HOLD) • EME Macro/Strategy: CIS plus – a good growth juncture, amid global policy shifts • PCF Group: 1Q25 results miss expectations, on lower portion of costs being capitalised NEGATIVE • Echo Investment (HOLD, PT PLN 3.1): 1Q25 – only a handful of deliveries means a weak P&L • Duna House: 1Q25 results– first look positive POSITIVE • DataWalk: ke...
- Marta Jezewska-Wasilewska
- Miguel Dias
Erste Bank Group: smart leverage, strong thesis (stays BUY)
We keep Erste Bank as a BUY and set our new 12M price target (PT) at EUR 85.1 (up from EUR 57.0), offering 20% upside. This profound PT increase is due to two factors: first, we have raised our 2025E net profit forecast by 22% on a comparable geographic basis, on the strong revenue performance, and solid asset quality delivery and guidance so far this year. If just focusing on this factor, we would see the current valuation as rightly reflecting c.EUR 3bn of average annual profits both this and ...
- Szabolcs Pal
Expensive but value-creating acquisition
We leave our recommendation at Neutral following Erste’s Polish acquisition, which was expensive, in our view, although they spent their extensive capital in a value-creating way. We roll over and raise our Jun-26 ex-div target price to EUR 75.6 from EUR 64.2, implying a 10.0% TR upside potential including a DPS of EUR 0.8 for 2025 over the TP period.
- Chris Hoare
GEM Telcos: Consolidation – THE theme driving improved trends for EM T...
Earlier this month we published on how Global EM Telco Capex is falling rapidly, in large part driven by consolidation. On average EM Telco markets have fallen from a peak of 7 players to under 3. We expect many to end up with 2, or even a single network. How much further far might this cut capex?
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