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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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Arrangers have not set a closing date for the $1bn loan for the Sultanate of Oman, on which pricing has been widened recently, but bankers hope to close the deal before year end. -
Commercial Bank of Qatar has signed its $1bn loan refinancing and increased the deal from $800m in syndication, but bankers said it was fortunate to have got the deal done in time before Middle Eastern loan margins rise.
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Qatar National Bank priced its first Australian dollar deal on Tuesday.
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The Egyptian loan market is showing signs of recovery with deals from Banque Misr and National Bank of Egypt in recent months. Bankers say there is more to come in 2016.
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The Sultanate of Oman has widened the pricing of its $1bn loan by 10bp to encourage banks to lend, after the sovereign was downgraded by Standard & Poor's in November.
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Vivalto Santé, the French private health service provider, has announced €228m of loans for its leveraged buyout by Mubadala Development Co, the Abu Dhabi Government owned investment and development company.
