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The Iran war has led to a flurry of private trades from the Gulf
Even if ceasefire succeeds, investors will still want a risk premium
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
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Saudi Arabian water company ACWA has resurrected its debut deal, thanks to improved market conditions after the trade, which was first announced in November, was delayed. The return of the deal sees Citi bumped up to join Jefferies on the top line. -
Evercore plans to open a Dubai office early in the second quarter of this year, following its hire of Waleed El-Amir, former group funding head at UniCredit, as senior adviser for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
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Bank ABC has successfully closed a $213m syndicated loan to Albaraka Türk Bank and launched another two new deals on Wednesday.
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Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has secured commitments for a $700m export credit facility to finance its Line 6 expansion project.
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China’s economy grows faster than expected in the first quarter of 2017, the head of State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) meets with the deputy governor of the World Bank, and Citic says demand for cross-border financing activity is on the rise.
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Saudi Arabia’s $9bn sukuk was, for the second time, a staggering market debut from the sovereign. But size came at a price and the issuer paid up over its conventional curve, writes Virginia Furness.
