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Announcements could come as early as Monday, the two month anniversary of the last public GCC trades
Islamic investors have been a safe haven for Gulf issuers in the past, and can be now
Underwater trading was due to softer market conditions on Thursday, said a syndicate banker

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  • The chief financial officer of Panama’s second largest bank, Banistmo, told GlobalCapital that Wednesday’s bond issue was a sign of investor confidence not only in the issuer but in the prospects for the country, as economists say they expect it to be one of the outperformers in Latin America.
  • Now is not the ideal time to be a port operator. International Container Terminal Services has faced a tough year, as the Covid-19 pandemic and geopolitical turmoil take a toll on global trade. But the Philippine company, which develops and operates container ports and terminals, moved quickly in response to the crisis in early 2020, boosting its liquidity and freezing its capital expenditure. ICTSI followed with two successful dollar bond sales in June and July.
  • American expats have long looked at their low-tax paying peers with envy. While Englishmen, Frenchmen and others in Hong Kong have enjoyed a 17% maximum tax rate, those born in the US are also forced to pay taxes in their country of birth, even if they’ve been absent for decades.
  • SPDB loses investment banking head — MUFG names PF, ESG head for Oceania — Loans veteran Ooi moves to Sydney
  • China Construction Bank Co sold a $1.2bn dual-tranche green deal on Tuesday, becoming the first Chinese financial institution to sell a green dollar bond this year.
  • CSC Financial Co, better known as China Securities, raised $500m from the international bond market this week ─ generating an order book more than 12 times the size of the deal at its peak.