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Mr. Pyshnyy’s Fragile Mandate: How ICU Maintains Control For Poroshenko.
When the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine imposed sanctions against Petro Poroshenko in February 2025, the list included the International Investment Bank (IIB), a key asset of his business empire. The law requires the immediate owner deprivation and transfer of control over the bank to an authorised representative of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). However, the regulatory authority’s reaction was unusually sluggish: the actual deprivation took place after more than two months.
Andriy Pyshnyy NBU Governor
Such procrastination cannot be explained solely by bureaucratic inertia. It looks particularly discordant against the backdrop of public rhetoric by NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy, who is known for his declared policy of “strict compliance with the sanctions regime” and institutional reform.
Financial Red Flags
During the first five months of 2025, IIB’s financial condition deteriorated sharply. According to the National Bank’s data:
- Funds held by individuals in accounts fell by almost half;
- Corporate funds fell by a third;
- The bank’s total assets decreased by 15.9%;
- The bank passed from being profitable to UAH 27.2 million loss;
- At the same time, transactions on correspondent accounts rose sharply, from UAH 3.5 billion to UAH 5.8 billion.
Against the backdrop of sanctions and deferred regulatory response, this dynamic looks like a predictable scenario of hasty capital withdrawal. The key question is not why it happened, but who enabled it.
The Role of ICU and the Shadow Architects
According to industry sources, Poroshenko’s long-time partners in ICU financial group, Makar Pasenyuk and Konstantin Stetsenko, played a central role in maintaining Poroshenko’s influence over the bank. They allegedly coordinated the process of circumventing sanction restrictions, using both personal connections and institutional contacts.
An interesting element is Mr. Pasenyuk’s family background. His mother-in-law is Vera Ivanovna Ulyanchenko, once the head of the Secretariat of President Viktor Yushchenko. It was during her tenure that Petro Poroshenko served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. This fact alone does not incriminate anyone, but it does underscore the stability and depth of social ties unaffected by electoral cycles or political sanctions.
The Institutional Obscurity Phenomenon
Over the past ten years, criminal investigations have been conducted in Ukraine infringing on the interests of such figures as Sergei Kurchenko, Viktor Medvedchuk, Rinat Akhmetov, and Poroshenko himself. In many cases, the companies served by ICU were involved. However, a striking feature of these cases is the complete lack of attention to the owners of this financial group itself. Despite the scale of its activities, ICU remains institutionally obscure to the Ukrainian law enforcement system. And this obscurity seems too systematic to be accidental.
According to industry sources, Mr. Pasenyuk may own, informally and through proxies, a stake in IIB’s capital. Such an arrangement would allow him to influence the bank’s operations even after formal restrictions were imposed. In this context, the NBU’s behaviour looks not like negligence, but like the result of an informal consensus in which politics, business and regulatory authorities don’t so much clash as act in concert.
The British Connection: FPP and GLAS
ICU’s activities outside Ukraine are of particular interest.
FPP Asset Management LLP was founded in 2008 in London and is formally regulated by the British FCA as a boutique manager of emerging market bonds. According to Companies House. ICU Holdings was its main shareholder (more than 50% of shares) in 2018–2019. This connection was subsequently disguised through offshore companies in the Cayman Islands. In professional circles, FPP was considered a proxy structure for ICU and a formally independent holder, but in reality it voted in sync with ICU on debt restructuring issues. According to insiders, Makar Pasenyuk himself once admitted: “FPP is us.”
Equally curious is the role of Global Loan Agency Services Limited (GLAS), a British trustee involved in the management of international debt structures. On paper, GLAS acts as an independent representative of investors” interests, but its behaviour in a number of cases has raised questions: decisions formally taken on behalf of security holders actually coincided with ICU’s interests. Attempts to replace GLAS with a more neutral agent were blocked, and the company’s legal rhetoric almost verbatim repeated ICU’s arguments.
This coincidence naturally raises a logical suspicion: could it be that GLAS forms part of ICU’s network of “captive” services embedded within British jurisdiction to legitimise control over Ukrainian assets?
Is The State Watching — Or Participating?
According to information from several sources, the State Bureau of Investigation has joined the investigation. The reports have been forwarded to the Office of the President. However, no final decision on Mr. Pyshnyy has yet been made. In the event of his dismissal, his deputy Dmytro Oliynyk is considered the most likely successor. Mr. Oliynyk, previously considered Mr. Pyshnyy’s man, is now building direct ties with Bankova Street [Office of the President — translator’s note].
The situation surrounding IIB and ICU is not just NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy’s professional resilience test. It is a test for the entire Ukrainian regulatory system, where offshore structures and British “boutique brokers” are still the tools for preserving the power and influence of elites established back in the early 2000s.
As long as ICU and its partners remain beyond the reach of law enforcement and operate without any risk to themselves, any statements about financial sector reform sound more like PR than reality.
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SP Prestige Expands Global Wealth Management Solutions for International Investors
DENVER, ColGlobal financial markets continue to create new opportunities for investors seeking diversified portfolios and long-term wealth preservation. As capital increasingly moves across international markets, investors are looking for investment platforms that combine professional financial expertise, digital innovation, and access to global opportunities. SP Prestige, the global investment platform developed by SilverPeak Strategic Capital LLC, is […]
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Global financial markets continue to create new opportunities for investors seeking diversified portfolios and long-term wealth preservation. As capital increasingly moves across international markets, investors are looking for investment platforms that combine professional financial expertise, digital innovation, and access to global opportunities.
SP Prestige, the global investment platform developed by SilverPeak Strategic Capital LLC, is designed to meet these evolving needs by providing comprehensive wealth management solutions for individual, corporate, and institutional investors worldwide.
Rather than focusing on a single asset class or geographic market, SP Prestige promotes diversified investment strategies across multiple industries, regions, and market sectors. This approach helps investors manage changing economic conditions while building portfolios aligned with their long-term financial objectives.
Supported by a team of experienced professionals specializing in wealth management, capital markets, investment research, financial planning, and portfolio analysis, SP Prestige combines disciplined investment practices with market insights to help clients make informed financial decisions.
As investor expectations continue to evolve, digital accessibility has become an essential part of modern wealth management. SP Prestige integrates portfolio management, market intelligence, investment tools, and online account services into a unified digital experience, allowing clients to monitor investments, access research, and stay connected to financial markets from anywhere in the world. The platform combines advanced technology with professional advisory services to deliver a balanced investment experience.
Reliable market information has become increasingly valuable in today’s rapidly changing investment environment. Through research publications, educational resources, market commentary, and ongoing client communication, SP Prestige supports investors in making decisions based on long-term analysis rather than short-term market movements.
Wealth management extends beyond investment performance alone. Long-term financial planning often includes liquidity management, portfolio risk assessment, estate planning, tax efficiency, family wealth preservation, and business succession strategies. SP Prestige is designed to support these broader financial objectives by providing flexible solutions that adapt to clients’ evolving personal and business needs.
As part of its continued global growth strategy, SP Prestige continues to enhance its digital investment capabilities while expanding the range of financial services available through the platform. By combining experienced financial professionals, advanced technology, and international market access, the platform aims to provide investors with comprehensive wealth management solutions for today’s global investment environment.
Supporting its commitment to regulatory compliance and operational transparency, SilverPeak Strategic Capital LLC, the company behind SP Prestige, maintains a registration with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) as a Money Services Business (MSB). The company also has a public filing under SEC Form D in the United States, reflecting its participation in applicable regulatory reporting requirements.
About SP Prestige
SP Prestige is the global investment platform developed and operated by SilverPeak Strategic Capital LLC. The platform provides wealth management, asset management, portfolio management, market intelligence, and digital investment solutions for individual, corporate, and institutional investors.
Combining professional financial expertise with technology-driven investment services, SP Prestige is committed to helping clients build diversified portfolios, access global investment opportunities, and pursue long-term financial objectives through disciplined investment management.
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Investing Platform (www.investingplatform.com.au) Lists 500+ Brand-New Properties Across Three Australian Growth Corridors
SYDNEY, AustraliaInvesting Platform (www.investingplatform.com.au), the home of brand-new property in Australia, is live with more than 500 individual brand-new residential properties listed across approximately 33 developments, spanning three of the country’s most active growth corridors. The platform’s current property inventory clusters across Greater Sydney and metropolitan New South Wales, the New South Wales coastal regions of […]
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Investing Platform (www.investingplatform.com.au), the home of brand-new property in Australia, is live with more than 500 individual brand-new residential properties listed across approximately 33 developments, spanning three of the country’s most active growth corridors.
The platform’s current property inventory clusters across Greater Sydney and metropolitan New South Wales, the New South Wales coastal regions of the Illawarra and Central Coast, and the Melbourne growth corridor in Victoria. Listed developments include locations across Parramatta, Macquarie Park and the Sydney metropolitan area, the Illawarra centres of Wollongong, Shell Cove and Kiama, and Victoria’s expanding outer-Melbourne corridor including Clyde North, Tarneit, Werribee, Craigieburn and Officer.
“The stock is where the growth is,” said Adam Newman, who co-founded Investing Platform with Adnan Tanveer. “Investors want to see brand-new property in the corridors that are actually being built out and moved into, not a thin catalogue. More than 500 brand-new properties live across three genuine growth corridors is what the home of brand-new property looks like on day one.”
Investing Platform operates as an aggregator service and positions itself as the home of brand-new property, bringing new-build residential property together with private equity and income-producing fund opportunities in one place. Brand-new property listings are open to all investors. The platform does not hold client funds, and property
listings are provided as referrals to third-party aggregators and developers.
The launch inventory sits in the brand-new residential property category at a time when investor demand for new builds is being shaped by lender policy, with Australia’s major banks restricting negative gearing treatment to new builds over recent weeks.
“We built this to be useful on the day it opened,” Newman said. “One place for brand-new property, real inventory, in the markets people are actually buying into.”
Investing Platform is live now at www.investingplatform.com.au.
About Investing Platform
Investing Platform, the home of brand-new property in Australia, is an online marketplace that aggregates new-build residential property, private equity and income-producing fund opportunities in one place. Brand-new property is open to all investors; fund and private equity opportunities are available to qualifying wholesale and sophisticated investors. The platform operates as an aggregator service and does not hold client funds. Investing Platform was co-founded by Adnan Tanveer and Adam Newman.
About Adam Newman
Adam Newman is co-founder of Investing Platform, the home of brand-new property in Australia. He works alongside co-founder Adnan Tanveer to bring new-build residential property, private equity and income-producing fund opportunities onto a single marketplace.
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Sequentum Cloud Wins 2026 CODiE Award for Best No-Code/Low-Code Platform
New York, NYSequentum Cloud wins 2026 CODiE Award for Best No-Code/Low-Code Platform in the Developer & AI Technology track, marking its second consecutive year as a finalist and first win. The award recognizes Agent Builder and the broader Sequentum Cloud platform for AI-powered web data collection. sequentum.com/cloud
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Sequentum Cloud has won the 2026 CODiE Award for Best No-Code/Low-Code Platform in the Developer & AI Technology track, announced on July 15, 2026 (https://codieawards.com/winners).
The win follows two consecutive years as a CODiE Finalist. In 2025, Sequentum Cloud was recognized in the Best Financial & Market Data Solution category. This year’s win in the Developer & AI Technology track reflects the platform’s expanding reach. Sequentum continues to serve financial institutions, government agencies, and global enterprises while growing adoption among developers and technical teams building AI-powered data pipelines across industries.
“This is a proud moment for the entire Sequentum team,” said Tony Jaensch, CEO and Founder. “Sequentum is celebrating 18 years and the 8th anniversary of our Center of Excellence in India, and winning the CODiE is the perfect milestone to mark how far we’ve come. We built Agent Builder on a simple idea: enterprise teams should be able to describe the data they need in plain language and get a production-grade, auditable agent in minutes. This win tells us the industry sees the same opportunity we do.”
The nomination is based on Sequentum Cloud, originally launched in October 2024, and its latest capability, Agent Builder, launched in May 2026, which turns natural language prompts into deterministic, versioned web data agents deployed via MCP, API, or the Cloud UI with full governance and auditability.
Agent Builder builds on a broader Sequentum Cloud feature set:
AI Magic Wand — AI augmented web data extraction to accelerate agent configuration
Visual Editor — deep customization without code
Web Unblocker — anti-bot resistance with user-controlled compliance settings
Command Templates — reusable, standardized logic for team-scale development
MCP Integration — direct access to Sequentum agents from Cursor, Claude, and ChatGPT
SOC 2 Type 2 Certification — enterprise security and compliance built in.
Unlike AI-only scraping tools that operate as a black box, no AI is used at run time. Every agent run is fully logged, version-controlled, and auditable, meeting the governance standards of financial institutions, government agencies, and global enterprises. Agent Builder is part of a broader Sequentum Cloud platform that includes AI Magic Wand for accelerated agent configuration, a Visual Editor for deep customization without code, Web Unblocker for compliant anti-bot resistance, Command Templates for team-scale standardization, native MCP integration with Cursor, Claude, and ChatGPT, and SOC 2 Type 2 certification built in.
Beyond Data: Sequentum’s Entry into Agentic Commerce
The CODiE win recognizes Sequentum Cloud’s data extraction capabilities, but the platform’s reach now extends further. In April 2026, Sequentum launched Checkout Agent, the first enterprise-scale checkout agent for agentic commerce, integrated with Skyfire’s tokenized identity and payments network. Built on the same 18 years of browser automation infrastructure, Checkout Agent enables AI agents to transact autonomously on the open web with full governance, auditability, and compliance, extending Sequentum’s promise from “Trust in Data” to “Trust in Agents”.
For more on Checkout Agent, see our announcement: We Built the Checkout Agent That Actually Works. Here’s Why We Did It, and Who We Did It With.
Start building AI-powered web data agents today. Learn more and sign up at sequentum.com/cloud#agent-builder.
About Sequentum
Web data you can trust for the AI era. Precision, compliance, traceability, and reliability at scale.
Sequentum is the platform for AI-powered web data collection, enabling organizations to acquire trusted web data, build and govern intelligent agents, and transact securely in the emerging agentic economy. With offices in the U.S., Australia, and India, Sequentum delivers solutions — Sequentum Cloud, Sequentum Enterprise, Managed Data Services, hybrid deployments, Intelligent Agents, and Checkout Agent for agentic commerce — trusted by leading financial institutions, global enterprises, and government agencies. Get the Sequentum Edge. Learn more at sequentum.com.
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