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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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United Arab Bank (UAB) will close syndication for its $125m three year loan in the next few days, according to a banker on the deal. -
A measure of calm is returning to energy commodity markets after a series of wild weeks, but implied volatility measures remain heightened across the sector.
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Persian Gulf equity markets have so far failed to win a boost from last year’s inclusion of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar into the world’s main emerging market index, as well as the more recent opening up of the Saudi Exchange to foreign investors, market participants have said.
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Etihad Airways printed its innovative $500m structured bond on Wednesday. It pulled in pricing from guidance but opted for the lower end of the $500m-$750m size range the company was targeting.
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The Republic of Iraq has set its sights on how much it is looking to raise with its first international bond outing almost a decade, according to a banker close to the deal.
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Equity market participants in the Persian Gulf are hoping for a quickening of activity in the final months of the year, after a disappointingly slow 2015 so far. But there is little certainty that many issuers will risk market conditions that could well remain volatile.
