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Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) named on Monday the 22 banks which participated in its $1.5bn loan signed in September, a deal which the borrower described as the largest corporate loan in the country's history.

Investor meetings for Saudi Arabia’s three tranche debut began in earnest this week, but with a rumoured $60bn to issue over three years, and rising concerns about the implementation of the country's 2030 plan, some dedicated EM funds are already preparing to sit out the imminent first megabond, writes Virginia Furness.

Taqa achieved tight pricing for a dual tranche dollar tap on Wednesday after starting wide due to uncertain market conditions and anticipation of imminent sovereign supply from Saudi Arabia.

Ahli United Bank’s Kuwait arm will be looking to issue a tier one dollar sukuk after wrapping up investor meetings on Monday, according to bankers involved in the process.

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) emerged with pricing on Wednesday for tap of its dual tranche dollar deal from June.

Some eight banks that arranged Saudi Arabia’s $10bn loan in May have secured berths on the sovereign's bond extravaganza that is due to kick off this week.

Saudi Arabia is lining up to meet investors for its long awaited mega-bond debut — a triple-tranche five, 10 and 30 year dollar issue — and a furious pricing debate has begun.

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB), which is seeking a $300m loan from Asian lenders, is offering four participation tickets with details on the levels now available.

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank is raising a $300m new money loan from Asian lenders to tap a previously unused source of funding.

Bahrain Commercial Facilities Company (also known as Bahrain Credit) has signed an $80m five year term loan with five banks.

Bahrain’s dual tranche dollar benchmark attracted more than $6bn of orders on Wednesday despite investor expectations of an imminent jumbo issue from Saudi Arabia.

After a slow start to the week, emerging market investors were offered a smorgasbord of options as borrowers from four continents and across the credit spectrum launched bonds in dollars and euros.