The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market (NSSMC) held its first working meeting with representatives of the FINMAR project, an EU-supported initiative aimed at bringing Ukraine’s financial market regulatory framework closer to European Union legislation and international standards. The parties agreed priority steps and to jointly prepare a project implementation plan. The NSSMC highlighted priority regulatory areas for the project, including legislation on investment funds, non-state pension funds, and rules governing the activities of rating agencies in Ukraine. The main beneficiaries are the NSSMC and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). FINMAR started on 18 August 2025 and is scheduled to run for three years, until mid-August 2028, with the next step being joint development of the implementation plan.