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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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Middle Eastern banks are casting their funding nets wider in order to counter spiralling costs of funding and dwindling local demand, say bankers in the region. -
The head of Oman’s central bank has called for his country's borrowers to embrace capital market funding, with the sovereign widely expected to lead the charge itself with a large bond or sukuk.
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Abu Dhabi’s government related entities (GREs) are expected to turn to the loan market this year as redemptions and expansion projects in the region increase the need for funding.
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The Kingdom of Bahrain is considering a tap of its dual tranche note issued last November in a bid to save its investment grade rating, according to investors in the region.
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In a secretive deal that has only come to light now, NBAD signed $1bn of tightly priced one year loans with five close relationship banks at the end of last year. The lenders were Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crédit Agricole, Citigroup, HSBC and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.
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Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi investment firm, has launched a $2bn loan refinancing and will likely aim for a tight margin despite a choppy Middle East loan market, according to bankers.
