CEE Bonds
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CEEMEA bond bankers are pinning their hopes on the EU's €750bn recovery fund to spark green issuance once again. The market has been moribund since Covid-19 drew issuers' attentions elsewhere, with a debut deal from Georgia Global Utilities (GGU) — a portfolio company of London-listed Georgia Capital — one of very few recent highlights. -
International investors hoping for reform in Ukraine were again disappointed on Friday when the deputy governor of its central bank, the National Bank of Ukraine, resigned from his post.
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Falls in the Turkish lira have reignited concerns about a currency crisis this week, with the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey’s (CBRT) unorthodox exchange rate policy raising questions from investors about the robustness of the country’s respected banking sector. Mariam Meskin and Ross Lancaster report.
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Despite the success of many emerging market sovereigns in issuing bonds in international markets this year, Turkey, typically a leading issuer, has been notable by its absence. And with its foreign exchange reserves running lower, the risks of it not being able to come to market at all could be mounting.
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Ukraine returned to the international bond market on Thursday to issue the Reg S/144A 12 year bond that it pulled just weeks ago when its central bank governor resigned right after it was priced.
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Reports that the European Central Bank (ECB) could ask banks to suspend dividend payments until the end of 2020 sent subordinated debt higher and stocks lower this week.
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Krylyo Shevchenko, the chairman of state-run Ukrgasbank, has been selected as the new governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) after weeks of deliberation. The choice has elicited a mixed reaction from market spectators, some of whom hope that Ukraine can salvage its international debt market access and IMF funding. Mariam Meskin and Ross Lancaster report.
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Tengizchevroil (TCO), the Kazakhstan crude oil company jointly owned by four international commodity companies including Chevron and ExxonMobil, launched a bond on Tuesday in search of five and 10 year funding from investors.
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Ukraine's access to both IMF funding and debt markets was at "high risk" as concerns arose over the candidates to be the next governor its central bank. The IMF warned president Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday of the importance of maintaining the National Bank of Ukraine's independence, which some say highlights how critical the choice of governorship will be.
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The European Central Bank will begin supervising financial institutions in Bulgaria and Croatia from October 1, as the two countries prepare to join the euro. Firms entering the Banking Union for the first time will also fall under the Single Resolution Board’s remit for the minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
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Kazakhstani crude oil company Tengizchevroil held an investor call on Monday ahead of its first entry into debt capital markets since 2016. The bond will add to the company's existing balance sheet, which has billions of dollars of outstanding loans and bonds up for redemption in coming years.
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