CEE Bonds
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Turkey’s manufacturing PMI dropped steeply in September, joining the cavalcade of evidence pointing to the country being in recession. But government support of banks is reflected in their dollar debt and diplomatic relations with the rest of the world appear to be improving. -
Vakifbank has sold the first ever domestically placed AT1, raising TL5bn ($828.5m) with a perpetual non call five year private placement. An investor away from the deal said it was bought by a single, government linked investor.
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When UK telecoms company Vodafone announced in May that it had agreed to buy some of US rival Liberty Global’s European operations, it said it would use existing cash, €3bn of mandatorily convertible bonds and new debt, including hybrid bonds to fund the €18.4bn acquisition. On Wednesday, Vodafone sold the hybrid bonds, using four different tenors in three currencies. Nigel Owen reports.
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Turk Eximbank has taken to the road for a non-deal roadshow in London, meeting with international investors to discuss the institution’s credit, alongside three other emerging markets borrowers.
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The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) provided little in the way of encouragement for emerging markets at its meeting on Wednesday, delivering a 25bp hike to the Fed Funds Rate, meaning the wind will keep blowing firmly against emerging markets. Lewis McLellan reports.
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Turk Eximbank has taken to the road for a non-deal roadshow in London, meeting with international investors to discuss the institution’s credit.
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Hungary printed its €1bn seven year bond on Tuesday with the lowest ever coupon and yield for a dollar or euro bond from the issuer.
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The orderbook for Republic of Hungary’s seven year euro benchmark has blasted past €2bn and leads have tightened price guidance — a move expected by rivals as they said initial talk looked cheap.
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The Republic of Albania will go on the road to promote a euro benchmark transaction for the first time in three years.
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The Middle East is continuing its domination of the CEEMEA primary market and even the Latin America new issue market is starting to see some action as a run of successful bonds in the last fortnight is helping to bolster investor confidence.
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HSBC DCM banker Odilbek Isakov has been hired to run Uzbekistan’s new debt management office.
