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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

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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

China policy round-up: Trade talks deadline could be delayed, NDRC looks at bond defaults, Tianjin receives funding from BOC

In this round up, US president Donald Trump hinted at a potential delay of the March 1 deadline for a trade deal with China, the National Development and Reform Commission required its local units to zoom in on the potential for bond defaults and Bank of China (BOC) said it will lend Rmb300b to the Tianjin government.

Rebecca Feng, February 15, 2019
Asia

China market round-up: FX reserves exceed expectations, MSCI adds Chinese securities, StanChart collaborates with Linklogis

In this round-up, foreign currency reserves beat market expectations in January, MSCI added 12 securities to its China Index and Standard Chartered signed an MoU with a Chinese supply chain financing provider.

Rebecca Feng, February 15, 2019
Asia

Adira Dinamika launches $250m into general

Adira Dinamika Multi Finance has launched a $250m three year term loan into general syndication. The deal was led by five lenders.

Pan Yue, February 15, 2019
EM LatAm

Aftermarket leaves BTG price discovery looking solid

BTG Pactual’s new tier two bonds, the only new issue from Latin America this week, traded pretty much in line with reoffer in the days following pricing, suggesting leads had done a reasonable job of price discovery.

Oliver West, February 14, 2019
EM LatAm

Quiet Lat Am could be missing best conditions

Brazilian lender BTG Pactual was the sole Latin American borrower to venture into dollar markets this week as some syndicate bankers began to worry that the region’s issuers are missing the best of conditions.

Oliver West, February 14, 2019
EM LatAm

Codelco’s bond tender falls below target

Chilean copper miner Codelco looks unlikely to be able to repurchase the $1.907bn of bonds that it was hoping to cancel via a tender offer after investors holding just over half of that amount agreed to sell their paper after the early-bird period expired.

Oliver West, February 14, 2019