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• CEE borrowers eyeing new formats

  Emerging market corporate borrowers have little in the way of funding needs and, where they do expect to issue, are eyeing new formats to diversify rather than issuing more Eurobonds.

  • 17 Jan 2019

• Russian sanctions to ease but big fears linger

  The US Senate on Wednesday rejected legislation that would keep sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including aluminium firm and bond issuer Rusal and London-listed energy company En+. Although many investors and bankers are hailing this as a victory for Russia that could reopen the international capital markets for its issuers, others are concerned that it makes further US sanctions against other Russian entities more likely. Francesca Young and Sam Kerr report.

  • 17 Jan 2019

• Turk Eximbank rides relief in market return

  Turkey’s export-import bank (Turk Eximbank) raised $500m with a five year bond on Wednesday, becoming the first Turkish borrower, apart from the sovereign itself, to access the market since the lira crisis. The deal benefitted from a relief rally following a Turkish central bank meeting on Wednesday.

  • 17 Jan 2019

• Turk Eximbank rides relief in market return

  Turkey’s export import bank raised $500m on Wednesday, returning to the bond market for the first time since the Turkish currency crisis in 2018, benefiting from a relief rally following the Turkish central bank meeting on Wednesday.

  • 17 Jan 2019

• Turkey ‘attractive’ after central bank holds rates

  The Turkish Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Wednesday – a great relief to investors who feared the country might make another monetary policy misstep.

  • 16 Jan 2019

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