Russian PXF pipeline builds as big names line up behind SUEK

Russian Railways is still on track to be the country’s first borrower of 2017 to complete a deal in the syndicated loan market, with bankers expecting to wrap up documentation soon. But Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) is leading a charge of big Russian pre-export finance facilities that look set to dwarf the unsecured market in the first half of the year.