Israel
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Middle East bonds stabilise as world leaders urge against retaliation
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Overwhelming demand the sovereign received makes a farce of investors’ ESG claims
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‘All of the big EM names’ took part in Israel’s record bond issue, says accountant general
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$8bn deal will be the issuer's only public US dollar bond of the year
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Some will focus on the higher borrowing costs but proving investor support was more important to the issuer
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Europe’s IG corporate bond market is in danger of finding out how many straws it takes to break a camel’s back
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Israel's PPs largely go to ‘friends and family’ but no benchmarks are expected
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Foreign investment in Israel ground to a halt when the war with Hamas began in October
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Bond sales spark questions of who invested and whether issuer was augmenting or replacing public benchmark funding
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The sovereign issued two new bonds and then tapped one of them
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Issuers pause deals as Israel-Hamas conflict adds more uncertainty to funding environment
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New week, new challenge as war in the Middle East adds to uncertainty
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Bond buyers worried as Israel caught out by weekend attack
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Issuer started around 40bp wider than a fellow Israeli bank, said an off-deal banker
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$2bn debut will likely be Israel's only benchmark of 2023 but taps or private deals possible
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Scarce Israeli issuance means that when issuers from the country do come to market, investors pile in
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Bond adds to already strong CEEMEA supply
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Scarce issuance from Israel means investors have big demand when deals appear
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Bankers and investors saw the concession as low as zero but as high as 20bp
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US inflation reading later this week will be the first major test for the EM primary market this year
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Undisclosed block trades have become more popular in the volatile markets of 2022
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An up to $190m debt financing may back the leveraged buyout