Poland's Treasury Ministry hopes to raise zł.5 billion through the privatization of state-run financial and chemical companies in 2013, reports Rzeczpospolita.

Investors will have the opportunity to buy shares in firms including insurance giant PZU, Poland's leading bank PKO BP, the Warsaw Stock Exchange and the National Depository for Securities (KDPW).

As far as chemical firms are concerned, the Treasury hasn’t revealed any names, but analysts expect that the Ciech group and the consolidated Azoty-Puławy tandem could also be privatized next year.

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