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Emerging Markets

Qatar's public new issue prints off private deal in secondary

The sovereign's public and private bonds of similar maturities are trading over 25bp apart

Francesca Young, September 21, 2026

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GlobalCapital Podcast

Friendship has limits

◆ Gulf private placements bite back ◆ Bond new issue premiums rise ◆ CLOs catch a break

Jon Hay, September 18, 2026

Syndicated Loans

Middle East loans to catch 2025 level by year end

Business has sagged in the third quarter, but the pipeline is busy, despite an intractable war

Martin Miraglia, September 17, 2026

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Emerging Markets

Private placement secondary sales blamed for sluggish Gulf primary market

Francesca Young, September 17, 2026

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Emerging Markets

Busy EM week lines up in wake of Fed

Francesca Young, September 17, 2026

USA Washington DC Federal Reserve building while under a $2.5 billion dollar renovation with Chairman Jerome Powell - Central Banking System of the US

Emerging Markets

CEEMEA on pause in hope of Fed fix

Francesca Young, September 16, 2026

Emerging Markets

Private placement secondary sales blamed for sluggish Gulf primary market

Francesca Young, September 17, 2026

Emerging Markets

Busy EM week lines up in wake of Fed

Francesca Young, September 17, 2026

Emerging Markets

CEEMEA on pause in hope of Fed fix

Francesca Young, September 16, 2026

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Asia

Ayala Land lays foundation for $283m debut Philippine Reit

Ayala Land, one of the Philippines’ largest property owners, has filed an IPO application for a real estate investment trust (Reit), the country’s first public offer of the asset class.

Jonathan Breen, February 10, 2020
EM LatAm

Femsa takes second sip on Lat Am liquidity after US Treasury rally

Mexican conglomerate Fomento Económico Mexicano (Femsa) on Friday tapped its 2050s, first issued nearly a month ago, to demonstrate how a softening of global risk appetite since then, combined with a strong technical picture in EM, is making markets attractive to both buyers and issuers.

Oliver West, February 10, 2020
EM LatAm

Jamaican toll road drives down pricing

TransJamaican Highway Limited (TJH), a toll road concessionaire that connects Kingston, Jamaica to its western suburbs, sold $225m of project bonds on Friday ahead of a proposed initial public offering by the government of up to 80% of the company.

Oliver West, February 10, 2020
CEE

Turkey prints largest ever deal, taking $4bn

The Republic of Turkey made its much anticipated start to the year with a bang on Thursday, taking advantage of feverish risk appetite among emerging markets investors to sell its largest ever bond, a $4bn dual tranche deal.

Ross Lancaster, February 07, 2020
Asia

China policy and market round-up: Trump, Xi hold call on coronavirus epidemic, PBoC prepares Rmb30bn bill sale, regulators ease onshore, offshore bond issuance pressure

In this round-up, the presidents of China and the US held a phone call amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the Mainland central bank is on track to issue its first renminbi bills of the year in Hong Kong next week, and regulators are giving issuers more time to prepare for their bonds.

Addison Gong, February 07, 2020
Asia

Citic Capital’s green Spac launches $200m US IPO

Blank cheque firm Citic Capital Acquisition Corp has kicked off bookbuilding for a $200m IPO. The special purpose acquisition company (Spac) is targeting green investments.

Jonathan Breen, February 07, 2020