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• MUFG appoints new international head of credit sales and trading

  MUFG announced this week that it has appointed a new international head of credit sales and trading.

  • 17 Jul 2018

• Exotix hires four in sales

  Frontier markets specialists Exotix Capital has made four new appointments to its EM sales business, expanding its coverage in four different geographies.

  • 16 Jul 2018

• ‘Malicious’ Lazard rumours send Bahrain to mat again

  Bahraini sovereign bonds fell victim to “malicious rumours” this week after they took a further battering following headlines that Lazard had been appointed as an adviser to the country. The firm, which advises on debt restructuring among other things, was in fact appointed in early May and has been advising the country on its economy for several months, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Virginia Furness and Michael Turner report.

  • 05 Jul 2018

• 'Zero chance' of Bahrain bond after bailout

  Bahrain is no closer to accessing the capital markets for additional funding following its support package from its Gulf neighbours agreed last week, according to local investors. And nor is the appointment of Lazard as an advisor to the country seen as a precursor to debt restructuring.

  • 04 Jul 2018

• Lowball bids for airline loans lead to EA Partners II default

  EA Partners II, the structured high yield bonds backed by loans to several airlines which are partners of Etihad, announced a note event of default on Friday, thanks to the low bids it received for loans to Air Berlin and Alitalia, both of which collapsed last year.

  • 02 Jul 2018

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