Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
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LimakPort, the Turkish international port, entered the debt market on Tuesday, while Turk Eximbank has successfully secured a dollar syndicated loan facility. Turkish issuers are demonstrating resilience, market participants say, amid the heightened levels of domestic and political volatility in the last three months. -
The Warsaw IPO of Canal+ Polska, the Polish satellite TV network, has been postponed. The deal is the latest victim of Europe's binary IPO market.
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The new governor of Turkey’s central bank, Şahap Kavcıoğlu, kept rates unchanged at his second monetary policy meeting since taking office. Although a rate cut was unlikely, the decision bodes well for next week’s planned dollar bond issue by LimakPort.
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The new Turkish central bank governor Sahap Kavcioglu kept rates unchanged at his second monetary policy meeting since taking office. Although a rate cut was unlikely, the decision bodes well for Turkish port operator LimakPort's planned dollar bond next week.
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Pepco, the retail holding company that owns Poundland, has fixed the price range for its IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, valuing the company at Z21.85bn-Z26.45bn (€4.8bn-€5.8bn).
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Market participants on Wednesday called the removal of Andriy Kobolyev as CEO of Naftogaz last week “disheartening”. The Ukrainian government’s meddling in the state-run energy company casts doubt on its commitment to IMF-mandated reform of corporate governance and will weaken Naftogaz’s ability to return to the bond market.
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LimakPort, a Turkish port operator, said on Tuesday it will look to come to the dollar market for a 15 year amortising bond with a coupon that steps up if the issuer fails to meet sustainability targets.
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Trans-Oil Group, a Moldovan agriculture company, is planning to roll over its one year pre-export finance (PXF) facility this summer, having recently sold its lowest coupon bond. The issuer has had, on occasion, far from a smooth ride in capital markets, including a failed attempt at a bond debut in 2018.
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Segezha, the Russian paper and pulp company, has completed its IPO on the Moscow exchange. The conclusion of the listing was a relief for the company, given fears that it could have been derailed by political tensions between Russia and the US.
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Standard Profil, the auto supplier which makes sealing for cars, was in the bond market on Tuesday looking to sell €275m of five year notes.
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A wave of Russian equity capital markets activity has broken this week, taking advantage of a rise in optimism that geopolitical tensions between Russia and the US are decreasing.
