Top section
Top section
◆ Gulf private placements bite back ◆ Bond new issue premiums rise ◆ CLOs catch a break
Business has sagged in the third quarter, but the pipeline is busy, despite an intractable war
Private bonds are now being offered in the open market wider than where public deals trade
Data
More articles
More articles
More articles
-
Index provider MSCI decided it was time to include A-shares in its emerging markets index, making the announcement just before 5am Hong Kong time on June 21. Chinese onshore stocks will make up 0.73% of the MSCI Emerging Markets index starting May 2018.
-
Arabtec Holding, the United Arab Emirates’ largest listed construction firm, said on Tuesday its rights issue was fully subscribed, raising Dh1.5bn ($408m) for a recapitalisation.
-
Emerging market governments must lead the way in green bonds to encourage corporates to enter the market around the world, according to Rahul Ghosh, a senior credit officer at Moody’s.
-
Russia benefitted from a huge technical bid for its bond sale on Tuesday with demand approaching $6bn by 10am, as investors are desperate to pick up debt from the country.
-
Turkey’s Isbank has hired banks to arrange an 11 year non-call six Basel III compliant tier two trade, continuing a spate of riskier debt issuance from Turkey’s banks this year.
-
For every step forward that the Masala bond market takes, it goes two steps backwards, with the Reserve Bank of India recently putting up barriers to keep high yield issuers out of offshore rupees. Cutting off low grade Masala issuance isn’t the worst thing to come out of the central bank’s announcement — the rules could also stifle investment grade deals.
Sub-sections
-
Sponsored by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
CAF gearing up to transform regional development
-
Sponsored by Emirates NBD Capital
Emirates NBD Capital: An unrivalled conduit for Middle East liquidity
-
-
Sponsored by European Investment Bank
European Investment Bank: Supporting sustainable development in North Africa