Kazakhstan

Kaspi IPO has officially launched its second attempt at a London listing and already built up a substantial shadow book of demand for the deal.

Equity capital markets bankers are heralding the success of emerging markets IPOs set to be priced in the coming days and weeks, including the flotations of Russia’s Sovcomflot, Lithuania’s Ignitis, Saudi Arabia’s BinDawood and Kazakhstan’s Kaspi.

Kaspi, the Kazakh fintech and e-commerce firm, has returned to the IPO market for a second attempt at a London listing after cancelling last year's effort over valuation differences between investors and the sellers. Sources say that gap has been bridged and are confident of listing Kaspi this year.

Tengizchevroil (TCO), the Kazakhstan crude oil company jointly owned by four international commodity companies including Chevron and ExxonMobil, launched a bond on Tuesday in search of five and 10 year funding from investors.

Kazakhstani crude oil company Tengizchevroil held an investor call on Monday ahead of its first entry into debt capital markets since 2016. The bond will add to the company's existing balance sheet, which has billions of dollars of outstanding loans and bonds up for redemption in coming years.

Samruk-Kazyna, the Kazakh sovereign wealth fund, raised $206.7m on Tuesday night through a share placing in Kazatomprom, the country’s state uranium company. Emerging markets investors, who have been lacking new paper during the coronavirus crisis, lapped up the shares.

The Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK) released initial price guidance for a tenge-denominated five year bond on Wednesday morning in London.

Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK) is embarking on a roadshow to market a tenge-denominated Eurobond.

Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, remains committed to an IPO as part of the Kazakh government’s privatisation programme that is intended to deepen the country’s fledgling capital markets, although the timing of the deal is yet to be determined.

IPO investors have one less deal to buy this autumn after Kazakhstan fintech firm Kaspi decided against proceeding with its London listing on Monday, because of volatile markets and disagreements about valuation.

Investors are growing more comfortable with Kazakhstan following a $344m trade in Halyk Savings Bank last week, and sources are hopeful the momentum will carry on through to next year as the country’s privatisation wave continues.

Kaspi.kz, the largest payments and e-commerce company in Kazakhstan, announced on Monday that it would proceed with an IPO on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) after filing a registration document last week.