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Deal the first Kuwaiti Sharia-compliant transaction closed with Chinese banks
Tight spreads may tempt issuers even if all-in yields are higher than earlier in 2026
Believed to be the largest sale of Islamic home financings to have taken place in the UK
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Swiss firm responsAbility Investments has closed a $175m microfinance CLO via JP Morgan, revitalising an industry which last saw issuance before the financial crisis. -
Australian potash company Danakali will raise a $200m credit facility from lenders in Africa. The syndicated facility will go towards funding the planned Colluli potash project in Eritrea.
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The US has imposed sanctions on Russian sovereign debt in response to the use of a banned nerve agent in the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy. However, the sanctions are not severe enough to have damaged demand for Russian bonds in the secondary market.
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The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank printed its first bond denominated in Azerbaijani manat last week, raising Am10m ($5.9m) with an auction of a two year bond.
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John Flint quit his position as CEO of HSBC on Monday after less than two years in the job, as the bank warned of difficult global conditions in its second quarter results. The bank’s chair Mark Tucker implied the desire for change related to a problem with Flint’s execution of the bank’s strategy, rather than the strategy itself, but the departure has also raised questions about HSBC’s Chinese operations.
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Corporate borrowing activity is expected to be sustained throughout the second half of the year as borrowers "take advantage" of the liquidity in the loan market. The expectation comes in the aftermath of two large dividend recapitalisation transactions by Polish corporates, Allegro and Żabka, in the second quarter.
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