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Middle Eastern borrowers are returning to the market in droves, picking up where they left off in September and making up for an underwhelming start to October. -
Two Middle Eastern borrowers printed seven year sukuk dollar benchmarks on Wednesday, restarting the market after a few weeks of flagging issuance.
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Commercial Bank of Qatar is refinancing a $1bn loan signed in 2015, in one of the country’s first syndicated loan transactions since the Saudi Arabia-led boycott, which started in June 2017.
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Two Middle East credits are on screens for dollar bond, with more in the wings waiting to come to market.
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Emerging market issuance is picking up steam once more, despite the weakening across the board in secondary levels.
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan waded into the drama unfolding in the Middle East on Tuesday morning. He called the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi a “pre-meditated” and “political murder”, but stopped short of revealing new evidence and left investors unfazed.
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Islamic Development Bank’s first euro sukuk benchmark is expected to come later this week, following the conclusion of the roadshow on Tuesday.
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Oman has picked five banks to run the books for a seven year dollar benchmark, following an investor call scheduled for Tuesday.
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Saudi Arabia has found itself mired in controversy this week over the disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The news has battered Saudi asset prices, but bankers said the market would likely still absorb bond issuance at the right level.
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The loan market is weighing up the fate of billions of dollars worth of deals after the disappearance and possible murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist who had criticised the regime. Mariam Meskin and Mike Turner report.
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The accusations leveled at Saudi Arabia over the disappearance and alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi deserved more than the blip in Saudi trading we saw this week. There are sound, financial reasons why investors should be wary of investing in the country, no matter the size of its oil reserves.
