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Two more follow Darwish and Safa leaving last month
Peace agreement will be needed to restore normal enthusiasm
Higher dollar yields dampen some of the callable demand
The duo were the first AT1s from the GCC since Emirates NBD's reopener in April
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Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank (NCB), the largest financial institution in the kingdom, has mandated banks to arrange a tier one dollar sukuk. The deal may act as a prelude to a potential bond sale by the sovereign, which bankers say could happen as early as this week. -
Saudi Arabia has secured an export financing agreement with Korea’s export credit agency and trade insurance corporation. The deal, which will bolster trade between the two, is the kingdom’s second ECA-backed deal.
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Junk-rated emerging market sovereigns Benin and Oman sold bonds this week, with market participants saying their new issue premiums were minimal. However, bankers think total activity across CEEMEA over the last two weeks has been “underwhelming”.
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Energean, the London-listed oil and gas company, has signed a $700m loan to develop a gas field off the shore of Israel, as the company enters the final stretch in having the field up and running.
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The Sultanate of Oman's return to debt markets is proof to some that the market is wide open for high yielding emerging market issuers. The sovereign mandated banks for a dollar deal as investors, hunting for yield, appear undeterred by volatility in the US rates market.
