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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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It’s no secret that Russia right now is not great for business. Tough sanctions and terrifying fines have led many banks to conclude that it is not worth keeping expensive bankers covering clients which will not be doing deals until Putin or the West back down.
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Standard Bank — Bulgaria
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United Biscuits has cut the margins and rejigged the structure of the £985m-equivalent loan package it is seeking to finance its takeover by Turkish foods group Yildiz Holding.
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Fears that the Ukraine may suffer a sovereign default have intensified after the IMF found the country needed an additional $15bn to avoid financial collapse. While the IMF and US may get the country through the current liquidity crisis, its longer term outlook is now very weak — with one research house putting the likelihood of its 2017 debt being rescheduled at 70%. -
Turkey Akbank’s German subsidiary, Akbank AG, has postponed its planned euro denominated bond. Uralsib is now the only EM issuer in the pipeline that has completed investor meetings and not officially delayed its bond. The Russian bank finished meetings for a subordinated bond on November 20 via JP Morgan and UBS. Bankers away from that deal say that the note is unlikely to be printed before the end of the year but there may be one other new issue next week.
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Armenia’s Ardshinbank has become the first private sector entity from the country to issue a private placement and its CFO said it will “definitely” be back again.
