Middle East Bonds
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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. -
Bahrain’s Oil and Gas Holding Company (Noga) had taken books of $2.6bn for its debut 10 year bond on Wednesday, while bankers debated the significance of the spread over the Bahraini sovereign.
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MUFG has hired a new head of Middle East capital markets in Dubai as Jonathan Segal relocates to London to focus on Europe.
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Investors are expecting a jumbo trade from the Qatari sovereign in the coming weeks, with money already shifting out of the borrower’s curve in preparation.
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Bahrain’s Oil and Gas Holding Company (Noga) is set to hit the road to market a debut 144A/Reg S dollar denominated benchmark trade with a tenor of up to 10 years, less than two years after the company made its debut in the syndicated loan market.
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Unrated issuer, Investment Corporation of Dubai is out with initial price thoughts of 4.15% area on a tap of its $300m 4.625% 2024 bonds, with analysts expecting a tightening of around 10bp in yield terms.
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The United Arab Emirates’ banking system is expected to more than double its credit growth next year, compared with 2017, with stabilising oil prices and international bond issuance set to support funding in the country.
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Two Middle Eastern sovereigns this week showed the depth and breadth investor demand for EM credit this week, one with a high quality jumbo $10bn trade, and the other, junk rated, with a bold 30 year trade that took full advantage of ideal funding conditions.
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If it’s large, liquid and high grade, or small, obscure with a decent yield, it will fly. If it’s a repeat issuer, small in size, and tightly priced, it won’t. That is the status in EM according to debt capital markets bankers.
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