Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)

VIP Turkey Enerji, a subsidiary of oil and commodity company Vitol, has signed a $700m syndicated loan with 14 banks to finance the acquisition of Petrol Ofisi, Turkey’s largest oil distribution company.

Yapi Kredi raised $500m with a seven year senior bond on Wednesday, bringing the total of Turkish bank issuance so far this year to $5.3bn.

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.

On Wednesday evening, Indigo Partners, the private equity group, came to market to offload its entire 18.7% stake in Wizz Air Holdings, the London-listed Hungarian low-cost airline, through an accelerated bookbuild that was covered inside an hour.

Vimpelcom raised $1.5bn at its holding company level on Tuesday, as it looks to complete its transition into a more streamlined, western-looking borrowing entity. Though it appears to be looking to shake off its Russian associations, investors say the risk is still the same.

EM investors have had plenty to play for this week with a boost to Turkish GDP buoying support for Yapi Kredi, and more Russian supply. Qatar remains one to watch however, though the country’s fundamentals have not changed.

Yapi Kredi hit screens on Wednesday with a new seven year note and will be hoping to capitalise on more positive economic indicators from Turkey, while offering some juice to overcome any investor fatigue around buying Turkish bank debt, according to a buy-side analyst.

Romania-focussed Globalworth Real Estate Investments drew support from a variety of investors for its debut bond, which included a large cornerstone order from a financial institution, to price a €550m deal at 3% on Monday.

Russian supply is trickling through after Tinkoff Bank placed the sole deal from the region last week with Vimpelcom taking books on Tuesday of over $3bn at for a dual tranche offering, and Eurochem back for a another bite of the capital markets cash.

Globalworth Real Estate Investments, a fund which focuses on Romania, was out on Monday with guidance for its debut five year benchmark after a roadshow prolonged by European holidays.

Agrokor has signed a new €400m facility with Knighthead Capital Management and Zagrebačka banka, UniCredit’s Croatian subsidiary, to enable it to keep operating.

Turkey took €2.5bn of orders for its new euro trade on Wednesday, which bankers said was a strong showing despite the fact that market volatility and Turkey’s involvement in the Qatar crisis meant that the issuer did not print at the tight end of guidance.