Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)

Koks Group is set to enter the euro commercial paper market in an effort to generate some much needed liquidity.

Slovenia is planning to tap its euro Reg S €1.25bn 2.125% 2025s and €1.5bn 2.25% 2032s to fund its dollar bond buy-back and has released price guidance for those notes.

Slovenia is planning to tap its euro Reg S 2.125% 2025s and 2.25% 2032s to fund its dollar bond buy-back.

The global infrastructure gap is yawning ever wider, with demand potentially reaching nearly twice the existing $50tr valuation of global infrastructure by 2030, by some estimates. And while the G20 has committed to making its multilateral development banks expand their lending and increase the impact of their activities, any realistic increase won’t be nearly enough to fill the infrastructure hole

India's ONGC Videsh has lined up six lenders for a $1.268bn nine month loan to support its acquisition of a stake in oil fields in Russia.

Ceské dráhy, the 100% state-owned Czech national railway operator, has mandated two banks for a Reg S only euro bond.

Latvia was speaking to investors on Monday in an effort to arrange its first bond of the year, a long dated euro-denominated note that will be sold almost entirely to rates — rather than emerging markets — buyers, according to leads.

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the issuance of new debt to complete the restructuring of its external sovereign debt. All that remains is for the country to reach an agreement on $3bn of debt owed to Russia.

After a week of no new paper in CEEMEA, EM bankers are looking forward to a busier next week as four bonds are slated from the region and the market looks supportive enough to allow issuers to pull the trigger.

Slovenia is offering a $750m buy-back across its dollar 2022s, 2023s and 2024s and is looking to fund it with proceeds from a new euro-denominated bond.

Black Sea Trade and Development (BSTDB) made its dollar debut on Thursday, printing $500m in 144A/Reg S format.

Evraz has bought back $184.4m of outstanding Eurobonds that were due in 2017 and 2018, joining a band of several Russian issuers which have been buying back dollar debt.