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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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Andrzej Raczko was Poland’s finance minister during the final stage of the country’s accession to the European Union in 2003-04. Today, he is a member of the management board at the National Bank of Poland. In this interview, he shares his views on the outlook for Poland’s economy and financial services industry with GlobalCapital’s Philip Moore.
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Despite being squeezed by low interest rates and higher fee payments and saddled with problematic Swiss franc mortgage debt, the Polish banking sector remains well capitalised, profitable and enviably stable. Steve Gilmore looks at how the country’s banks are staying strong in the face of challenges.
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As an indirect beneficiary of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing programme, Poland started 2015 with an extraordinary rally, culminating in the printing of a Swiss franc bond with a negative yield — the first ever for an emerging market borrower. More recently though, yields have backed up as the ECB rally has run out of steam. -
Since taking on the mantle of Poland’s development bank three years ago, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) has wasted little time getting to grips with the country’s social and economic challenges. Now new plans to provide more rental housing, help firms expand overseas and fund municipal infrastructure are joining the bank’s well established support for the SME sector. Steve Gilmore reports.
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With the ruling party losing out in the recent parliamentary elections some observers predict that the sovereign is in danger of losing its haven status among international investors. But Poland’s domestic bond markets tell a different story with zloty debt holding firm despite the country’s political road bumps. Virginia Furness reports.
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Reinsurance company Swiss Re has received the first RMB qualified foreign institutional investor licence in Switzerland. Meanwhile, Singapore-based UOB Asset Management has told GlobalRMB that it will launch three new RQFII products before the end of 2015.
