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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

PNB makes rare visit to dollar bonds

Philippine National Bank, a rare credit in the offshore bond market, raised $300m from a new transaction on Thursday. But despite the novelty value of its deal, investors still demanded a new issue premium.

Addison Gong, April 20, 2018
Asia

RMB round-up: New outbound quotas on the way, NDRC mulls negative lists, Citi teams up with Chinese banks for BRI business

China’s FX watchdog indicates that new quotas will be granted for two outbound investment schemes, the country’s economic planner prepares to roll out new negative investment lists, and Citi partners with Bank of China and China Merchants Bank to finance Belt and Road projects.

Noah Sin, April 20, 2018
Asia

Landsea keeps books open for second day

Landsea Green Group Co, a Chinese property company, is taking orders for a green dollar bond for a second day, having started bookbuilding on Thursday morning local time.

Morgan Davis, April 20, 2018
Asia

Canvest Environmental eyes $150m loan through IFC

Hong Kong-listed Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company, a waste-to-energy provider, is seeking a $150m-equivalent borrowing denominated in Hong Kong dollars.

Pan Yue, April 20, 2018
Asia

FAF leads charge as foreign autos eye ABS, vanilla RMB bonds

Fortune Auto Finance (FAF) is approaching onshore investors with a Rmb3bn ($477.5m) transaction on Friday. The auto company is coming to the market as a number of foreign originators unveil their plans to raise more onshore RMB — from both structured and vanilla fixed income deals.

Noah Sin, April 20, 2018
EM LatAm

Cometa drops on break as Lat Am gets tough

Latin America’s only new issue of the week was down in the grey market on Thursday, despite investors singing the praises of the credit as bankers said the region’s bond markets were struggling to gain momentum in the face of bulging pipeline.

Oliver West, April 19, 2018