Sberbank CIB top stories

• MTS enters into Russian ESG bond market to ballooning investor demand

  

  Mobile TeleSystems, Russia’s largest mobile operator, has sold a social bond in roubles, as it became the latest major Russian corporate to foray into ESG financing. The issuer has not ruled out a return to international markets, although in recent years it has pivoted towards domestic funding.

  • 01 Apr 2021

• Russian Railways steams in with rare Swissie hybrid

  Russian Railways ventured into the Swiss franc market this week to sell the first hybrid corporate bond in over two years, a sign of a maturing Swissie market, according to local market participants.

  • 18 Mar 2021

• Stable rates bring Swiss flurry

  A flurry of Swiss franc issuance dusted the market this week, as domestic and foreign borrowers entered a more settled market.

  • 11 Mar 2021

• Met Group shrinks annual revolver

  Met Group, the Swiss energy trading company, has signed €915m of short term loans, reducing its facility for the first time for years, after ABN Amro, one of its main lenders, pulled out of this kind of financing. Met found two other banks to replace ABN but wanted to focus on price with the deal, rather than size.

  • 01 Feb 2021

• Sistema gains first ESG credit line from Russian lender

  Sistema, the Russian diversified holding company, has raised a sustainability-linked credit line through the country's largest lender, Sberbank. Though there has been an increase in sustainability-linked financing in Russia, this deal marks the first ESG-linked loan between a domestic corporate and borrower.

  • 17 Nov 2020

• Russia and Hungary enter euro bond market for last minute cash

  The Russian Federation and the Republic of Hungary brought euro-denominated trades on Thursday, taking the opportunity to get funding done during good conditions in the run-up to the US Thanksgiving holiday, after which liquidity is expected to dry up.

  • 12 Nov 2020

• Norilsk Nickel trade 'unaffected' by oil spill scandal

  Norilsk Nickel, the Russian metal and mining company, was set to issue a benchmark dollar bond on Thursday evening, just months after it was found responsible for a series of major diesel spills.

  • 03 Sep 2020

• Veon mandates for roubles

  Veon, the emerging markets telecommunications firm, has mandated for a rouble bond issue, six months since its last trade, a hard currency offering.

  • 08 Jun 2020

• CEE bank trio swoops

  Three CEE banks have announced new bond issues this week. Armenia's Ardshinbank has printed a $300m five year bond, Credit Bank of Moscow has initial price guidance out on a dollar five year benchmark and Sovcombank, another Russian bank, has released plans for a roadshow.

  • 22 Jan 2020

• Sistema, RCIG offload 23.7% of Detsky Mir

  Russian conglomerate Sistema and the Russia-China Investment Fund have sold a Rb15.9bn ($249.7m) chunk of stock in Detsky Mir, the Russian toy store, after a fully marketed offering designed to boost the freefloat of the company and diversify the shareholder base.

  • 22 Nov 2019