Middle East Bonds
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First Abu Dhabi Bank printed a rare three year floating rate note on Tuesday inside its fixed rate curve. Investors flocked to the deal as a “risk-free” way to park cash, according to a syndicate official on the deal. -
The National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah came to market for $500m on Tuesday, managing to slice 25bp from initial price thoughts to the final spread.
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Saudi Aramco’s jumbo M&A deal has a stranglehold on emerging markets debt investors’ attention and is dominating their schedules.
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Saudi Aramco has published a bond programme prospectus and received its first credit ratings as it goes on the road to promote its first international capital markets transaction, which is expected to come to market this week.
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State oil company Saudi Aramco is expected to tap the bond market in the next fortnight for a deal that could be anywhere in the region of $7bn-$15bn, according to bankers in the region away from the deal. Estimates of the premium Aramco will have to pay over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia curve is being discussed as negative to plus 15bp, depending on the size of the deal.
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The Government of Sharjah printed a $1bn seven year sukuk on Tuesday. The strength of demand surprised even Tom Koczwara, director of the emirate’s debt management office.
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The Government of Sharjah has launched its $1bn seven year sukuk with books for the deal in excess of $4.3bn. A banker on the deal put the new issue premium paid at 0bp-5bp and said that 'this was the result we were aiming for', given that this is the first deal from the Emirate printed with eligibility for the JP Morgan emerging market bond indices.
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Citi has appointed Elissar Farah Antonios as cluster head for the United Arab Emirates, the Levant and Iraq.
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The National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah has picked banks for a dollar benchmark, keeping up the steady flow of Middle Eastern paper.
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Qatar National Bank hit the market on Thursday while Sharjah is going on the road to promote a sukuk.
