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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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Slovakia’s Eustream, a crucial pipeline that carries Russian gas to Europe, has mandated Citi, ING, Société Générale and UniCredit to arrange a series of fixed income investor meetings in Europe starting on Monday.
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Vakifbank priced the first ever Basel III compliant tier two bond on Monday, a $500m 10 year non-call five. But though bankers estimated that the bond paid around 115bp-116bp over its old style tier two bullet 2022s, they said it was difficult to strip out the cost of the addition of point of non-viability features.
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Russian officials are due to present plans for a bad bank to the government on Friday, as part of a range of measures unveiled on Wednesday aimed at combating the sharp economic downturn. But the creation of a bad bank is the most uncertain of all the proposed measures, said Russian bank analysts, and has attracted opposition from high ranking ministers.
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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. 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.
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Raiffeisen Bank International will cut its risk-weighted assets by 20%, in a move aimed at reducing its exposure to Russia and bolstering its capital buffer. -
Belarus’ president Alexander Lukashenko has suggested that the country may hold debt restructuring talks this year, just weeks after the country sent out an RFP for a new Eurobond. The news sent Belarus’ 2015 Eurobond crashing 26 cash points. Emerging market bankers warned of a contagion effect in EM debt restructuring.
