Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
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Ukraine opened books on its first Eurobond since 2013 on Monday, with the pricing labelled both “attractive” and “silly” by different corners of the market at initial price thought levels. -
The EM bond market is primed for trades this week, though syndicate bankers said that there were few names ready to pull the trigger other than Ukraine and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), which have already hit screens.
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Venezuela replaces the dollar with the renminbi as the quoting currency for its oil exports, the People’s Bank of China says bankers are confident about the Chinese economy, and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect sets a new record in turnover volume.
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The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has added Credit Bank of Moscow (CBM) to its list of systemically important banks (SIBs) this week, prompting a 2.5 cash point rally in the issuer’s subordinated bonds.
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The Swiss bond market welcomed Russian Railways back to the market after a five year absence this week.
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Russia’s Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) was making prudent use of lower funding costs on Thursday to buy back its more expensive outstanding dollar debt.
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The Bank of Russia has added Credit Bank of Moscow to its list of systemically important banks (SIB), prompting a 2.5 cash point rally in the issuer’s subordinated bonds.
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Slovenia is once again borrowing in euros to fund a buy-back of its dollar debt as it looks to cut its liabilities in the currency. This is the borrower’s sixth such transaction over the course of two years.
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A representative of European Member States and the European Parliament agreed on Wednesday to increase the lifetime of the European Investment Bank's European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) until 2020, with the aim to triggering a total of €500bn in investments in the EU economy.
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If there was any doubt that EM investors have plenty of cash to put to work, Turkey’s Coca-Cola Icecek (CCI) laid it to rest this week with a $500m deal that tightened 40bp from price talk and then rallied 20bp in the secondary market.
