Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
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Belarus returned to the eurobond market for the first time in more than six years on Thursday, releasing initial price thoughts for a dual-tranche dollar deal. -
Isbank opened books on Thursday for the 10th deal from a Turkish financial this year, offering a higher than usual new issue premium in the process to account for softer market conditions. While the deal is expected to be well absorbed, for some on the buyside, the risks of an Isbank tier two are too much.
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GarantiBank International (GBI), a Dutch subsidiary of Turkiye Garanti Bankasi, has signed a $250m loan that was oversubscribed by 19 banks, according to a banker on the deal.
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Russia benefitted from a huge technical bid for its bond sale on Tuesday with demand approaching $6bn by 10am, as investors are desperate to pick up debt from the country.
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Turkey’s Isbank has hired banks to arrange an 11 year non-call six Basel III compliant tier two trade, continuing a spate of riskier debt issuance from Turkey’s banks this year.
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Waberer’s International, the Hungarian haulage firm, launched a Huf73.7bn (€238m) IPO on the Budapest Stock Exchange on Monday, offering shares at a chunky discount to its US peers.
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Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) began gauging investor interest for the IPO of its Polish unit on Monday, via Citigroup and its own investment bank as leads.
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Russia has returned with another sole VTB led deal, its first foray into the international markets this year. Some market participants had expected US or European banks to be on the mandate, following a stronger year for Russian borrowers in the international bond markets despite sanctions still firmly in place.
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China Securities Regulatory Commission welcomes the prospect of A-share inclusion by MSCI, China’s State Council publishes a new negative list to make foreign investment easier in free trade zones, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) makes its first equity investment.
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Belarus will hit the road next week for a dual tranche dollar offering, in what could be its first successful attempt to access the market since 2011. Its economy is expected to contract 0.5% in 2017.
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Shares in Mavi Jeans, the Turkish maker of designer denim wear, closed 3.5% higher following its stock market debut on Thursday, after the company priced its TL744.4m ($211m) IPO at the bottom of its price range on Monday.
