Hungary

Budapest Bank, the bank that the Hungarian state bought from GE Capital last year, would be ready for an initial public offering if its owner chose to float it, the bank’s CEO said on Monday.

Hungary may add more banks to the mandate for its potential dim sum bonds, said Andras Rez, deputy chief executive officer at the government debt management agency (AKK) in Hungary.

Central and eastern European borrowers gathered in Vienna this week for Euromoney’s Central & Eastern Europe Conference and are not short of plans for the capital markets this year.

Hungary is planning a €1bn bond this year, but is also still looking for a window in the near future in which to issue a dim sum transaction.

Hungary will not issue a dim sum bond until a period of sustained stability is seen in the Chinese markets, said bankers on Wednesday.

Hungary will meet investors in Hong Kong and Singapore as it prepares to issue the first ever sovereign dim sum bond from the CEEMEA region.

Hungary will meet investors in Hong Kong and Singapore as it prepares ground to issue the first ever sovereign dim sum bond from the CEEMEA region.

In the last RMB round-up of 2015, HSBC became the first foreign bank to issue RMB-denominated CDs to corporates in China, Hungary plans RMB bonds in 2016 and Russian bank VTB saw a big boost to its RMB business in 2015. Plus, a recap of GlobalRMB’s top stories this week.

Hungarian

Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) printed on Tuesday a €300m 2.375% six year bond, in line with price guidance released earlier that day, bringing a fresh euro benchmark to the country.

The Hungarian Development Bank has mandated three banks for a global investor call in the hope of drumming up enough demand to print a euro-denominated Reg S bond.

Hungary is planning a renminbi-denominated government bond in the hope of laying the foundation for eastern European entities to borrow from the RMB market and encourage related investment activity, its Ministry for National Economy said this week.