Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)

Credit Europe Bank NV (CEB) announced on Thursday that it was mandating banks for a dollar deal, calling an outstanding bond, and spinning off its Russian subsidiary.

Russian steel company TMK has launched a consent solicitation for its $500m 6.75% 2020s with the purpose of removing IPSCO Tubulars, its US based subsidiary, as a guarantor on the notes. An investor in London said that he expects bondholders to agree to the changes.

The German, Austrian and Italian export credit agencies all agreed at VTB’s Russia Calling Forum in Moscow on Wednesday that Russia was one of their preferred destinations for financing projects, and heads of several Western companies said they had appetite for ECA-backed investment there.

Russian lender Credit Bank of Moscow (CBM) raised Rb14.4bn ($250m) of fresh equity with a 13.4% capital increase this week.

Poland’s Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) printed a €750m long 10 year bond on Tuesday from a book of more than €1.1bn and with only a 3bp new issue premium.

Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk has mandated four banks for its debut in the international bond markets, a dollar benchmark.

ABH Financial, the holding company of Russian issuer Alfa Bank, returned to the Swiss franc market on Tuesday, with a refinancing of a Sfr85m ($85.6m) January 2018 that almost doubled the size of the original issue. The transaction came just days after Russian investment company 01 Properties pulled a debut deal after finding insufficient support for a four year bond.

Turkish Fibabanka is heading off on a roadshow on Wednesday to market a five year dollar denominated bond. But with Turkish bank levels still elevated after local press reports that some Turkish lenders could be fined billions of dollars by the US for violating sanctions on Iran, the bank and its leads are hoping for a rally before pricing.

Poland’s Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) released price guidance on a 10.5 year benchmark bond on Tuesday morning in London at a level that bankers away from the deal said looks fair.

Turkey’s banking regulator issued a statement over the weekend asking the public to ignore stories about the country’s banks, after local press reports that some Turkish lenders could be fined billions of dollars by the US for violating sanctions on Iran.

Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego is marketing a long 10 year euro benchmark bond on Monday, getting in before what is expected to be a slew of emerging market bond sales this week.

En+ Group, the Russian power and metals company controlled by Oleg Deripaska, has opened the books for its $1.5bn IPO in London and Moscow, which may value it at up to $8.5bn if the deal is priced at the top of its price range.