CEE Bonds
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UzAuto Motors, an auto maker owned by the Uzbek state, entered the dollar bond market on Tuesday for its debut deal. -
Ukraine entered the bond market on Monday seeking dollar funding at a time when it faces a number of problems from heightened military tensions with Russia to uncertainty over its relationship with the IMF.
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Bank of America sold a floating rate note over the Bloomberg short-term bank yield index rather than Sofr this week, as Morgan Stanley added to the post earnings rush in dollars.
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Emerging markets bond buyers and issuers are regaining confidence as US Treasury volatility falls, with issuance in CEEMEA and Latin America having picked up in recent days and a pipeline building.
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A campaign by a political opposition party questioning the deployment of Turkey’s FX reserves and a snub from the United States has put new pressure on the country’s bonds.
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Russian steelmaker Metalloinvest has secured a $350m credit line from international lenders. Metalloinvest is the second Russian corporate to tap international lenders since fresh sanctions were announced against Russia by the United States.
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Sovcomflot, the majority state-owned Russian shipping company, defied some market participants' expectations on Tuesday by coming to market to raise dollar debt just days after a fresh wave of US sanctions on Russia.
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Pegasus Airlines was seeking on Monday to issue a Eurobond in dollars. The deal will demonstrate market appetite for Turkish credit after the country navigated another economically tumultuous month, which saw investor confidence drop.
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Slovakian lender Tatra Bank concluded several days of marketing with the sale of its debut green bond on Friday, raising €300m of preferred senior paper, which it will count towards minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
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Equity and debt markets were fretting on Thursday over the implications of new US sanctions against Russia. A prohibition of US investment in Russian sovereign bonds marked an escalation in tensions, threatening sovereign borrowing costs. It could also damage Russian companies’ chances of funding in the capital markets, write Mariam Meskin and Sam Kerr.
