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Only one Gulf issuer has printed a blue bond in the public market
Some say UAE central bank liquidity has prompted banks to retrench
Cracks emerge in underlying quality as banks appear to teeter further into cautiousness
The trade may persuade other top-tier GCC sovereigns that the public market is open
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Trade & Development Bank (TDB), the eastern and southern African development bank previously known as Preferential Trade Area Bank, is making its debut in the Middle Eastern loan market with a $200m facility. -
Dubai’s Global Education Management Systems (GEMS) Education has mandated four banks to coordinate its $1.2bn loan.
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Turkey’s banking regulator issued a statement over the weekend asking the public to ignore stories about the country’s banks, after local press reports that some Turkish lenders could be fined billions of dollars by the US for violating sanctions on Iran.
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Jordan’s sovereign rating was cut one notch to B+ by Standard & Poor’s and Angola was cut a level to B2 by Moody’s after market close on Friday, as overseas debt levels and weak growth took a toll on both countries.
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Qatar is looking to issue a jumbo bond before the end of this year, but bond syndicates and DCM desks are agonising over whether it would be good business for them to work with the state, since it has been cut off by its neighbours.
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Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (Adcop), a wholly owned subsidiary and strategic asset of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (Adnoc), has named four of the arrangers of its loan to lead bond investor meetings, and those who joined the syndication will be added later.
