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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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Latin American issuers are leading the charge to primary markets this year so far in emerging market bonds but Wednesday saw the first CEEMEA issuer to open books as Israel tried a dual tranche 10 and 20 year trade.
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Gulf International Bank kicked off investor meetings this week for what could be the first publicly syndicated bond from the Middle East this year.
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Oman Oil and Bank Muscat are set to kick off a rash of loans in the sultanate in the coming months, with a number of state owned entities in discussion with lenders as the government looks to address a budget deficit.
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Dubai is close to picking banks for a $3bn loan to fund its airport expansion, according to loan officials, while flydubai is also in talks with banks. But discussion of a deal to back the emirate’s metro development plans are said to have “gone quiet” as the state seeks to avoid deal congestion.
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Equity capital markets in Emea reopened after the holidays this week, with details of the first new capital increases in France and the UK being made public.
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The IPO of Saudi Aramco is likely to remain a top talking point for equity capital markets bankers for much of 2017, but another Saudi deal that is likely to prove more straightforward to bring to market has taken another step forward.