CEE Bonds

International Bank of Azerbaijan has asked investors to agree to a restructuring of its balance sheet that will see the exchange of its outstanding bonds for new sovereign debt, and a limited amount of new IBA debt. IBA has also said that it must transfer a fourth tranche of bad assets to the Bank of Aqrarkredit to restore its viability.

Vakifbank has opened books on a drive-by five year senior trade as Turkish financial supply trickles into the primary market.

International Bank of Azerbaijan’s Eurobonds took a hammering this week as investors’ hopes of escaping a debt restructuring without a haircut dimmed.

Rating: Baa3/A/A-

State-owned Russian transport leasing firm State Transport Leasing Company (STLC) will meet investors for its second dollar bond from Friday.

Garanti Bank on Tuesday raised $750m with the tightest priced Turkish tier two on record which was testament to the level of comfort investors now have with the product, according to bankers leading the transaction who conceded that the global credit rally had also helped.

Emerging markets bond bankers can think of nothing to derail the ongoing bull-run and while this might point to hubris, this week’s trades have given no indication of fatigue.

Orders of over $2.2bn had enabled Turkey’s Garanti bank to crush the yield on its debut tier two as it looks on course to print with the lowest ever coupon for a new style Turkish tier two bond.

Turkey’s Garanti Bank is expected to capitalise on the strong rally in emerging market credit to print its debut Basel III-compliant tier two capital bond this week, and bankers are wondering how much of the recent market tightening will be seen in the price.

Turkey’s QNB Finansbank set final terms on a $750m five year bond on Thursday, leaning on the ownership of Aa3/A+/AA- rated Qatar National Bank to print inside where analysts saw fair value — despite some investors objecting.

Turkey’s QNB Finansbank has released initial price thoughts for a five year dollar trade, as investors grappled with how to price in Aa3-rated Qatar National Bank's ownership of the Turkish borrower.

Crisis-hit Croatian conglomerate Agrokor will not go bust, the country’s central bank governor insisted in an interview with GlobalMarkets as he said the debacle highlighted the risks of firms building up bad balance sheets.