Sberbank CIB top stories

• Moscow to issue green bonds days after sov Eurobond

  

  The city of Moscow is set to issue green bonds within the week, following the sovereign’s return to the Eurobond market on Thursday. The issuer is seeking foreign investor interest in its rouble-denominated green debut.

  • 21 May 2021

• Russia launches Eurobond, market debates investor distribution

  Russia launched its first international bond of the year on Thursday, which some have labelled as a show of strength by the sanction-hit country. Market participants are now debating which investors will end up buying the trade.

  • 20 May 2021

• Russia mandates for euros in show of market access

  Russia has mandated an exclusively Russian consortium of banks to arrange a euro bond issue. Market participants say the extra cash is not necessary but is Russia’s way of demonstrating its access to markets a month after its sovereign debt was slapped with further US sanctions.

  • 18 May 2021

• BCS Global Markets hires head of treasury from Bloomberg

  BCS Global Markets, the investment services division of Russia’s largest independent broker, has hired a new treasurer.

  • 12 May 2021

• Sovcomflot seeks dollars as Russia-Ukraine tensions mount

  Sovcomflot, the shipping company majority-owned by the Russian state, is planning to enter the debt capital markets. But the dollar bond mandate comes at a tricky time as military escalation between Russia and Ukraine has caused investor confidence of assets on both sides to fall.

  • 13 Apr 2021

• 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