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
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Shari Arison sold $300m of shares in an overnight block trade
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Credit an 'easy' sell but new issue will need to look juicy in difficult market
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The Israeli bank raised $800m to grow its credit portfolio
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French firm is latest alternative asset manager to set up outpost in Tel Aviv
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The fertiliser industry is among the few sectors to thrive in the bearish market
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Israeli state-owned monopolist compelled to start with generous premium despite scarcity appeal as volatility deters investors from primary market
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Initial price talk for top EM credit a sign of worrying times as investors begin to refuse all new issues
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Dollar benchmark marks return of state-owned utility
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The sovereign filled the 10 year gap in its debt profile in first euro market tap since 2019
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Issuers face higher borrowing costs as they try to raise debt before US Federal Reserve rates rises
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Israeli stocks have performed extremely well even through the recent spike in market volatility
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EM issuers wait to see if Fed will taper before printing bonds
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Terminal X Online Ltd, the Israeli fashion e-commerce company, is due to price its IPO at Ish11.42 a share, the top of the initial range, valuing the company at Ish1.3bn ($390m) on a post-money basis.
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The IPO of Terminal X Online Ltd, the Israeli fashion e-commerce company, is covered following less than a day of bookbuilding, according to a source close to the transaction.
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Terminal X Online Ltd, the Israeli fashion e-commerce company, is preparing to go public on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, having secured the backing of Danish online retail billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen.
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Energean, the London-listed oil and gas company, has signed a $700m loan to develop a gas field off the shore of Israel, as the company enters the final stretch in having the field up and running.
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Fiverr International has become of the latest Israeli software company to tap the US convertible bond market for financing during the pandemic, raising $400m.
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Nice Ltd, the New York-listed Israeli software company, has tapped the equity-linked market for financing with a new $400m five year convertible bond.
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Delek Drilling, the Israeli energy company, launched a $2.25bn bond sale on Tuesday, in one of the few high yield emerging market bond deals seen during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Israeli energy company, Delek Drilling, is set to launch a $2.25bn bond sale this week to support the expansion of its gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea, according to market sources.
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The State of Israel executed its second $5bn bond of the month on Monday with an opportunistic Formosa print that showed an issuance route for other highly rated emerging market names.
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A pair of sovereigns hit the MTN market to raise debt this week, looking for cash to meet increased borrowing requirements as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. Israel came to the MTN market this week printing paper to helpfund its Covid-19 response, while Ireland ventured out to the ultra-long end of the curve to print its fourth century bond.