Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
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Digi Communications’ Hungarian subsidiary signed a €200m bridge loan on Friday to finance its acquisition of compatriot communications company Invitel Tavkozlesi, a subsidiary of Invitel group. The lead banks have launched the syndication and held a bank meeting on Tuesday. -
Footasylum, the UK sports shoe retailer, plans to float on London’s Alternative Investment Market next month, it said in an intention to float document on Monday.
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Turkey’s fourth largest private bank Yapi Kredi signed a $1.36bn syndicated loan with 37 banks on Monday.
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Economic growth in Central Asia is picking up but experts at the IMF are concerned that leaders are not doing enough to address fiscal deficits
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This article is the fourth and final part of a series on China’s Belt and Road Initiative that we are publishing during the 2017 IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC. We have devoted two articles to the Road element, and two to the Belt element, of which this piece is the second and focuses on the western part of the overland route
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Turkish oil refiner Tupras hit screens for the first time in five years on Thursday, with the transaction successful despite a geopolitical ruckus and a fatal tragedy at one of the company’s plants.
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Romania reopened its 2.375% April 2027s on Tuesday for €1bn, pricing the tap 12bp inside initial price thoughts that were described as “very attractive”.
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Turkish oil refiner Tüpraş is on screens for the first time in five years, with the transaction expected to be successful despite a geopolitical ruckus and a fatal tragedy at one of the company’s plants.
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Russia’s Renaissance Capital has hired Petr Molchanov as head of investment banking for its home market.
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Romania reopened its 2.375% April 2027s on Tuesday for a further €1bn, pricing the tap 12bp inside the “very attractive” initial price thoughts.
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Shareholders in Russia’s United Co Rusal raised HK$2.5bn ($320.3m) through an overnight bookbuild, following a rally in the stock as its parent EN+ Group is seeking a $1.5bn IPO.
