Middle East Bonds
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Israel Electric Corp will head out on a US roadshow next week, with the company meeting fixed income investors two months after worker strikes saw operating cash flow at the firm dip into negative territory. -
Two issuers from the Middle East this week printed dollar deals with ease this week, covering a range of maturities from five to 30 years and demonstrating demand across the whole curve.
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Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, a wholly owned subsidiary and strategic asset of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc), has launched its $3bn dual trancher on Thursday with coupons set at the tight end of final guidance and books in excess of $11bn. Though an analyst said the levels offered looked fair, he said he was disappointed by the lack of transparency into Adnoc offered by the note.
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Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, a wholly owned subsidiary and strategic asset of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (Adnoc), has released initial price thoughts on a $3bn dual tranche senior unsecured bond and intends to print the note on Thursday.
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Mazoon Electricity Company is embarking on investor meetings for a dollar Reg S/144A sukuk.
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If Qatar does go ahead with a bond, it needs to be the one being selective about which banks it will work with.
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Turkey’s banking regulator issued a statement over the weekend asking the public to ignore stories about the country’s banks, after local press reports that some Turkish lenders could be fined billions of dollars by the US for violating sanctions on Iran.
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Jordan’s sovereign rating was cut one notch to B+ by Standard & Poor’s and Angola was cut a level to B2 by Moody’s after market close on Friday, as overseas debt levels and weak growth took a toll on both countries.
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Qatar is looking to issue a jumbo bond before the end of this year, but bond syndicates and DCM desks are agonising over whether it would be good business for them to work with the state, since it has been cut off by its neighbours.
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Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (Adcop), a wholly owned subsidiary and strategic asset of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (Adnoc), has named four of the arrangers of its loan to lead bond investor meetings, and those who joined the syndication will be added later.
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The $1bn 10 year note issued by Bahrain’s Oil and Gas Holding Company (Noga) had already traded up by two cash points in the secondary market on Thursday, after landing at the top end of where deal watchers saw fair value.
