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Private placements are not unknown for CEE sovereigns, but this is the biggest for years
Market participants have highlighted drop in Uzbek bond volumes this year
Uzbek issuance has fallen to near zero after a busy few years
Bookbuilding slower than normal due to the restart of war between the US and Iran
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Russia’s Alfa-Bank re-opened its $400m Basel III additional tier one trade on Tuesday morning, marketing the perpetual note at 8%.
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Russia’s Alfa-Bank is planning a tap of its additional tier one securities and will open books on Tuesday this week, according to the leads. As the deal was sold mostly to Russian domestic investors, there are not the usual concerns about pre-Christmas liquidity.
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Ukraine’s government on Monday nationalised troubled lender Privatbank, but questions are as yet unanswered for holders of outstanding Eurobonds which are expected to be bailed-in, according to frontier markets investment firm Exotix.
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Turkish participation bank Turkiye Finans (TFKB) has agreed a $180m Islamic club loan with similar pricing to its loans in recent years, despite sector-wide downgrades for Turkish banks after a turbulent year in the country in 2016.
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Poland broke new ground this week, issuing the first ever sovereign green bond. The deal offers a template to future sovereign borrowers, even though some dedicated SRI accounts would like to see future issuers more clearly identifying projects to finance, writes Virginia Furness.
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Emerging markets bonds sold off after the US Federal Reserve indicated a more hawkish tone on Wednesday — but much like what happened after the Brexit result, spreads came off their wides quite quickly.