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Funding costs and new issue premiums are much higher than GCC issuers are used to
Senior banker will move to Abu Dhabi to take up position
Central banks in the region have stepped in with support and lenders are thought unlikely to let sub debt extend
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Mannai Corporation looks set to bring the first public bond from Qatar since the Gulf diplomatic crisis erupted last summer. -
State-owned holding company Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) has successfully refinanced a loan maturing in June with a club deal.
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The Kingdom of Bahrain was set to print a $1bn 7.5 year sukuk on Wednesday evening from a book of $2.2bn, with leads having managed to crunch the coupon to 6.875%. Rivals had called the guidance for the note “a new record” high for a new issue premium, but leads said the illiquidity of the sukuk curve rendered the concept of new issue premium almost meaningless.
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The Kingdom of Bahrain has squashed its plans to issue conventional bonds but is forging ahead with its long seven year sukuk, putting out initial price guidance for the deal.
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The UAE’s largest private healthcare company, NMC Healthcare, has signed a $2bn loan with a club of international banks, continuing a growing trend of Middle Eastern private companies entering the syndicated loan market.
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Saudi Arabia has had to scale back banks grappling to get on its $16bn loan, which will be used to refinance a $10bn loan taken out in 2016.
