Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
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Ukrainian wood processor Kronospan has secured a €116m loan from the EBRD and commercial lenders. The deal adds light to a desolate market, though a loan for Ukrainian borrower MHP may be at risk due to competition concerns. -
BlackRock, KKR loan for ADNOC 'close to signing' — Uralkali signs as lenders prepare for EuroChem —Redexis joins Spanish trend to ESG borrowing — French Ipsen debuts in US PP market — Turkish banks close refi season, with wider secondaries
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The Federal Reserve is losing confidence in the US economy, global economic growth is flagging and Treasury yields are staggeringly low. Emerging market assets, meanwhile, are full of beans, as low rates and healthy risk appetite provide a magic combination for EM companies looking to raise capital. But the Fed is worried for a reason: there’s trouble ahead, write Lewis McLellan and Sam Kerr.
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Turkish banks have completed the first refi season of the year and, despite ongoing geopolitical issues including concerns about Turkey's purchase of S400 missiles from Russia, spreads in the secondary loan market have stabilised at slightly wider levels.
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Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) broke a 16 year bond market hiatus with a five year dollar benchmark on Wednesday, raising $500m without paying a new issue premium.
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PKO Bank Hipoteczny issued its debut green covered bond on Wednesday, the first deal of its type from Poland. This deal is the ninth covered bond with an environmental and social governance (ESG) purpose to have been launched this year and, according to Commerzbank research.
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Slovenská sporiteľňa’s first euro benchmark covered bond attracted strong demand from investors on Wednesday reflecting the transaction’s tempting returns in a largely negative yielding market, as well as its top credit rating.
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Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), the second largest steel producer in Russia, released price guidance for a $500m five year bond on Wednesday at a level that one EM investor said looked “interesting”.
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TCS Group Holding, the Russian financial services company owned by Oleg Tinkoff is to raise $300m in new GDRs to pursue profitable growth opportunities as its entrepreneurial owner takes advantage of continuing warm sentiment towards Russian equities.
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Russian potash fertiliser Uralkali has signed its five year $1.45bn-equivalent loan with 13 lenders joining the syndicate. With Uralkali and Suek now signed, lenders have started to prepare for EuroChem.
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Buyers of Russia sovereign bonds could get burned as the US contemplates new sanctions against the country. But it seems they and Russia's public debt officials have not made it to the end of HBO's Game of Thrones. Had they done so, they would have learned a valuable lesson. They must do so quickly.
