Middle East Equity
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Demand strong for $400m deal, despite Iran-Israel escalation
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Paves the way for Saudi sovereign wealth fund to launch a giant follow-on of Aramco stock
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◆ Markets plead for regs pause ◆ Barclays' new strategy ◆ Middle East ECM to take it up a gear
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The region remains the most resilient in EMEA despite geopolitical tensions, thanks in part to a deep local capital pool
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OQGN listing marked an important milestone for country’s privatisation initiative and ECM expansion plans
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Middle East deals fail to make up for barren quarter in Europe
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Terminal X Online Ltd, the Israeli fashion e-commerce company, is due to price its IPO at Ish11.42 a share, the top of the initial range, valuing the company at Ish1.3bn ($390m) on a post-money basis.
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Saudi Arabia is expected to keep emerging market investors occupied in the second half of the year due to a burgeoning pipeline of IPOs, following strong performance of Saudi equities in 2021 so far.
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The IPO of Terminal X Online Ltd, the Israeli fashion e-commerce company, is covered following less than a day of bookbuilding, according to a source close to the transaction.
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A bulging pipeline of business is livening up the UAE’s formerly sleepy equity capital markets, after a series of eye-catching transactions in recent weeks following the biggest IPO in the area for almost three years.
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Terminal X Online Ltd, the Israeli fashion e-commerce company, is preparing to go public on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, having secured the backing of Danish online retail billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen.
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Banks wrapped up the $730m-equivalent IPO of Abu Dhabi satellite company Yahsat on Thursday with high levels of demand, particularly from local investors.
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The IPO of Al Yah Satellite Communications Co, the Abu Dhabi satellite company, is covered throughout the initial price range, on a 30% deal size, according to sources close to the deal.
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The IPO of Yahsat, the Abu Dhabi satellite company, will be the largest flotation in the United Arab Emirates for almost four years, according to terms published on Sunday.
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Yahsat, the satellite company owned by Mubadala, will attempt a listing on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADX). The company is seeking to list at a time when the European IPO market is difficult, but there is hope that strong local interest and emerging market equity investors will see the deal across the line.
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An undisclosed shareholder has sold Dh1.1bn ($296m) of stock in Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, one of the UAE’s biggest banking groups, through an accelerated bookbuild.
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Equity capital markets participants are predicting the return of exchangeable bonds as a way for large corporates to sell crossholdings or subsidiaries to raise funds without offering the big discounts to investors that come with a block trade. Two deals this week highlighted the importance of the product, a €538m deal by French utility Engie, selling shares in Gaztransport Et Technigaz (GTT) and bonds exchangeable into its shares, and a $1.64bn financing package sold by Adnoc, selling shares and exchangeable bonds in subsidiary Adnoc Distribution.
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Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc) raised $1.64bn from the sale of exchangeable bonds and shares in Adnoc Distribution, its listed fuel distribution subsidiary, having attracted a “massive” amount of demand from investors, according to a source close to the deal.
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Banks are training their Middle East efforts on Saudi Arabia, where they are hoping to capitalise on growing capital markets activity. The result is a slug-fest for the best banking talent, but firms must learn the lessons of the past, writes David Rothnie.
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Fiverr International has become of the latest Israeli software company to tap the US convertible bond market for financing during the pandemic, raising $400m.
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Crédit Agricole has sold a 4% share stake in Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) to two unnamed investors for around €330m, ending an association which dates back to 1977.
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Ignitis Grupe, the state-owned Lithuanian energy and utility company, has opened books on its IPO on the Nasdaq Vilinus and London Stock Exchange. The company’s listing will benefit from a framework agreement signed with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, under which it will participate in the IPO.
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Abu Dhabi National Oil Co sold $1bn worth of shares in Adnoc Distribution, its listed chain of petrol stations and shops, through an institutional placement on Monday night, the largest ever block trade by a listed company from the Gulf Cooperation Council area.
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The IPO of BinDawood, the Saudi supermarket operator, has made off to a fast start with banks covering the deal throughout its price range the day it opened books, driven by strong local demand.
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Saudi Arabia’s position at the pinnacle of Middle Eastern and African equity capital markets is set to be strengthened further with the IPO of BinDawood, the Gulf supermarket operator.
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Nice Ltd, the New York-listed Israeli software company, has tapped the equity-linked market for financing with a new $400m five year convertible bond.
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Saudi Arabia real estate financing company Amlak has announced the first IPO on the Tadawul stock exchange since the onset of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
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NMC Health, the scandal-hit UAE hospitals operator, has been delisted from the London Stock Exchange, after it was placed into administration by the UK High Court earlier this month following an application by creditors led by Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. Equity capital markets sources reflect on the shocking saga.
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Saudi Aramco’s IPO last year was a historic event for the company and its owner, Saudi Arabia, but despite a record $29.4bn being raised at IPO, international investors stayed away. They had demanded that the shares offered a discount to other listed oil majors, in part because of the political risk associated with the company. The fact it is now a tool in Saudi Arabia’s oil price war with Russia will have vindicated many in their decision to sit out the deal.
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NMC Health’s $360m convertible bonds are trading at mere cents on the dollar, suggesting virtually no recovery value after the scandal-hit UAE hospitals group said on Tuesday it had discovered even more undisclosed debt.
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Finablr’s shares have been suspended and the company has warned that it may go out of business just ten months after ts IPO.
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Finablr, the parent company of Travelex, has issued a warning that it may struggle to access financing due to the impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus and its association with NMC Health, causing its share price to slump to a record low.
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NMC Health, the scandal-hit UAE-based hospitals operator, has $2.7bn in undisclosed debt, taking its total gross debt to around $5bn, and an investigation into its finances has found evidence of serious fraud.
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Shares in NMC Health, the London-listed United Arab Emirates hospitals operator, have been suspended. Its convertible bonds have fallen to around 50 cents on the dollar, after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) placed it under investigation and the company fired its chief executive.
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US buyout group KKR has said it will not make a bid for the beleaguered UAE healthcare company NMC Health, dampening investor hopes of a rescue buyout and sending its shares and convertible bonds lower.