Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)

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.

Turkey has returned to the market with a euro trade as it looks to re-engage with investors and refresh its “stale” curve.

Tensions in the GCC are rattling the buyside as both bank and non-bank investors wait for clarity over how the rift between Qatar and other regional states will develop. In the broader CEEMEA debt market, investors are eyeing Turkey’s new euro trade as an opportunity to find some juice in the low yield environment, and anticipating the dual tranche offering from Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday.

Republic of Turkey has turned to euros for its second trade since its constitutional referendum on April 16, as Yapi Kredi markets a lira denominated Eurobond.

Garanti Bank is expected to issue the first green mortgage-backed Turkish covered bond, which will be privately placed with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and certified by a third party.

For the second time this year Norilsk Nickel tried to push its luck with pricing, only to find that investors would not support it through to the tight end of guidance.