Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
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The Polish government and a state owned development bank have both made a rare appearance in the MTN market. -
Banks are preparing finance packages for the leveraged buyout of Romanian retail chain Profi, with the loans likely to price almost as tightly as deals from western Europes, according to one banker.
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Gazprom has picked four banks to arrange a roadshow as bankers debated whether the state controlled giant is paying up or cashing in by planning a bond in euros.
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CEEMEA borrowers raised $37bn of euro and dollar bonds in October, making it the busiest month on record.
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Russia’s Tatfondbank started marketing on Monday the lowest rated Russian bank bond issued to investors since 2012.
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Alfa-Bank printed Russia’s first ever Basel III-compliant additional tier one deal on Thursday, and so popular was the deal that the issuer was able to increase the size from a planned $300m to $400m.
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Lukoil capped another busy week for Russian borrowers with a tightly priced dollar 10 year that was the largest corporate bond from the jurisdiction for more than six months.
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Slovenia saw strong demand on Wednesday for both parts of its third combined euro bond sale and dollar buy-back this year.
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Amid rough going for new IPOs this week, one of this year’s star IPO performers, Maisons du Monde, was back in the market on Wednesday night as the global coordinators waived the lock-up to let the leading shareholders make their first block trade in the stock. Thursday brought a substantial trade in Ferrexpo, which owns iron mines in Ukraine, which got done, though at a slightly reduced size.
