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The sovereign has finished international funding for 2026
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
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A herd mentality will prevail among Western banks both in shunning Russian borrowers and in the eventual decision to start lending to them again, said loans bankers — irrespective of any formal rulings on the issue. -
Syndicated loans have escaped official inclusion in the European Union’s sanctions against Russian firms, lawyers have agreed unanimously, although the reprieve could be a moot point when it comes to doing business.
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Index provider MSCI has launched new indices protecting investors from exposure to the Russian markets as the political turmoil in the region rages on, and may yet cut sanctioned VTB Bank from its MSCI Russia Index.
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Empik Media & Fashion (EMF Group) has postponed the sale of €240m of notes due to adverse market conditions, even though the firm had already set price talk at 8.5%-8.75% on the projected deal.
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It’s difficult enough being a loans banker these days. But worse still when a big chunk of your expected business for the year hangs on the publication of a set of rules drafted to capture a wide range of divergent political motivations in a complex, ever-changing international stand-off. And when receiving those rules depends on wading through a stream of mundane celebrity gossip on Twitter it constitutes a form of torture.
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The deputy chairman of Bank Asya — formerly Turkey’s largest Islamic financial institution — has resigned, just days after Turkey’s prime minister publically criticised the bank’s financial position. Turkish analysts are expecting Bank Asya to continue losing deposits and senior management in the months ahead, and one believes an eventual acquisition by a state-owned bank looking to break into the Islamic market is likely.
