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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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Russian borrowers are still trying to line up loan deals with international banks, even as conditions for them continue to worsen and the pool of banks willing to arrange such deals grows ever smaller. -
Ukraine’s biggest steelmaker is in talks with banks over a loan package that looks set to include a partial waiver of existing debt. Bankers say the agreement could set a precedent for the majority of Ukrainian companies that need to negotiate debt maturities this year.
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Comments from Belarus’ president Alexander Lukashenko that the country may hold debt restructuring talks this year sent Belarus’ 2015 Eurobond crashing 26 cash points, according to one banker. However the Ministry of Economy later clarified that Belarus fully intends to service its debt and that the president had accidently said restructuring when he meant to say refinancing, sending the bonds back up nearly 18 points.
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Economic and political barriers deterring international banks from lending to Russian companies continue to rise. But the legal framework and sanctions language for such deals has become much more robust and well understood over recent months.
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EU foreign ministers met in Brussels on Thursday, January 29, to discuss imposing further sanctions on Russia, following an upsurge in fighting in east Ukraine during the previous weekend. But there is doubt whether the EU will be able to unanimously agree to extend sanctions, as Greece’s new government said that it did not consent to an EU statement calling for broader sanctions, which was released on Tuesday.
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Akbank is using a novel tenor structure as it leads the first wave of Turkish bank loan refinancings this year, in a move that could set a benchmark for peer borrowers.
