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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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The CEO of HKEX may be keen for Saudi Aramco to list in Hong Kong but as our columnist Clawback explains, there are more reasons for the Saudi oil giant to bypass the city’s exchange than to pick it for a listing. -
Five new IPOs were announced in EMEA this week as the market enters a crucial window in the run-up to Easter.
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Turkish lender Vakifbank has signed a three year bilateral loan agreement with ICBC’s Dubai branch for $250m.
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Qatar Re has emerged with pricing for the first ever hybrid from a Gulf insurer following the conclusion of a three day roadshow on Friday.
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Even as some investors fretted about Oman’s economic welfare, a stampede of orders into the country's $5bn triple tranche deal on Wednesday augured well for the hefty sovereign issuance to come from Gulf sovereigns this year — the next of which has a bigger deal to do and arguably a better tale to tell in the process, one it will tell next week. Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker and Virginia Furness report.
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Perpetuals are aplenty in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with Qatar Reinsurance and Warba Bank lining up trades for next week after top corporate GCC corporate Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) accelerated pricing for its hybrid note on Wednesday. The yield pick-up offered by perpetual products is a no-brainer for investors in the low rate environment, say bankers in the GCC.
