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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
Well known banker moves to take MD role
Central banks in the region have stepped in with support and lenders are thought unlikely to let sub debt extend
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  • Oman’s Bank Sohar has enlisted three lenders to arrange a $300m new money borrowing.
  • Fund flows into emerging market bond funds hit a 76 week high in the week ending January 12, according to EPFR data, culminating a week of strong primary markets that a wobble in US Treasuries could do nothing to derail.
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    Several big name investors this week called the start of a bond bear market after a back-up in 10 year US Treasury yields but there was little sign of reticence from the emerging markets buy-side, with three sovereigns pulling in jumbo order books.
  • Strong demand enabled Oman to secure a larger than expected $6.5bn of funding on Wednesday, taking it a considerable way towards covering its Omr3bn ($7.8bn) deficit for 2018.
  • Investors piled in excess of $12.5bn orders into a dual tranche dollar trade for Israel on Wednesday, the largest level of oversubscription the sovereign has ever experienced.
  • Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc) is due to sign a $3bn loan with four lenders — three of which are Japanese — next week, after borrowing $6bn from the international market in November last year.