Egypt

The Arab Republic of Egypt is providing the first big test of the resilience of emerging market debt since last week's volatility with a triple tranche dollar bond. Bankers eyeing the trade say the book size, and amount of price revision, will be a real indicator of investor appetite for riskier EM debt now the shine has come off the market.

Emerging market borrowers will front-load their funding tasks in 2018, according to several EM bankers who are predicting a busy month.

Global Telecom, a telecommunications company founded in Egypt and headquartered in the Netherlands, has extended a $200m loan by six months.

The Republic of Egypt is planning to issue a euro denominated bond, its finance minister Amr El-Garhy told GlobalCapital at the IMF Annual Meetings in Washington DC. However, investors are not convinced the sovereign will be able to get the deal done.

Egypt garnered a mammoth $11bn book this week, letting it boost the size of its tap to $3bn as investors bet on a better future for the country under the stewardship of the International Monetary Fund.

A mammoth $11bn book helped Egypt take $3bn for the price of $2bn with its triple tranche tap, according to a banker on the deal, as demand for higher yielding EM credits continues.

Arab Republic of Egypt hit the screens on Wednesday morning with a much touted re-opening of its 2022, 2027 and 2047 bonds.

A $2bn tap from Oman on Tuesday has pushed the CEEMEA bond market into record territory. Bond issuance stands at $100.2bn, surpassing 2013's record of $99.7bn over the same period.

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Egypt scored $4bn with a well-timed, tightly priced dollar bond on Tuesday. The deal is Egypt’s first since a $12bn IMF extended fund facility was approved in November and is a huge vote of confidence for Egypt’s improving investment story.

After a raft of highly rated sovereigns, two single-B rated borrowers appeared this week to offer the first opportunity to buy true emerging market credit from the CEEMEA region this year. One deal was a record for its type while the other reopened a market dormant for years. Virginia Furness reports.

Egypt scored $4bn with its well timed, tightly priced dollar bond on Tuesday. The success of the deal was a function of both the strength of the market and the positive steps the Egyptian government has taken under its deal with the IMF.