Middle East Bonds

Omani oil & gas firm Renaissance Services sold a dual tranche dollar and Omani rial perpetual bond on Wednesday amounting to $125m.

Omani oil and gas firm Renaissance Services has sold a dual tranche dollar and Omani rial perpetual bond amounting to $125m.

CEEMEA debt bankers spent Monday morning on the phone to issuers following news of a Greek bailout agreement. But prospects for supply still hinge on a Greek parliamentary vote on Wednesday, and even then not just any CEEMEA issuer will be able to launch, said debt bankers.

Bankers are sharpening their elbows in the Middle East as competition ramps up. GlobalCapital caught up with HSBC’s head of capital markets and financing for MENA and Turkey, Selim Kervanci, to see how the lower oil price is affecting the region’s capital markets, and the next drivers for development of its bond markets.

Firms eager to set up Iran-focussed funds have had to contend with extension after extension of the talks upon which their prospective businesses depend. But as yet another deadline for an agreement on lifting Iran’s sanctions approaches, there are still firms creating fresh investment vehicles.

Peru’s Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (Cofide) proved Latin America’s resilience amid widespread volatility with an $800m two part deal this week. In CEEMEA, Poland added its name to the pipeline of mandates hoping for a window.

Ripples from Greece’s weekend referendum reached the CEEMEA market on Monday. But a lack of recent bond issuance against crashing yearly volumes meant the immediate impact was minimal, and debt bankers are not ruling out deals this week.

Omani oil and gas firm Renaissance Services has picked banks for a subordinated perpetual deal in either dollars or Omani rial.

HSBC sits in its traditional top stop in the sukuk league table halfway into to what should be a record year for international benchmark issuance. But its lead has shrunk to the smallest margin in five years, with regional banks snapping at its heels.

Omani oil and gas firm Renaissance Services has picked banks for a subordinated perpetual deal in either dollars or Omani rial.

Although those in the CEEMEA bond market seem to have given up for the summer already, two SSAs — International Finance Facility for Immunisation and the International Finance Corporation — as well as Arab Petroleum Investments Corp have mandated banks for a sukuk.

Arab Petroleum Investments Corp (Apicorp) is likely to bring its debut sukuk deal in September, and has ambitious price plans for the first issue of its newly rated sukuk platform, according to debt bankers.