Middle East
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The rout of the incumbent president Mauricio Macri in the first round of the Argentina elections has investors worried. Argentina’s debt, and that of other 'vulnerable' credits, suffered a huge sell-off early on Monday. But bankers believe that it was not so bad that the primary market will not reopen in September. -
Middle East loans activity has fallen this year, confounding last year's hopes among bankers, with blame falling indirectly on the US-China trade war and sluggish global growth.
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Emerging market loan bankers have been trying to understand the impact on syndicated lending of the US’s latest sanctions on Russia. The proscriptions have instilled more uncertainty into a collapsing market.
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United Arab Emirates aircraft lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has raised $490m in loans, its third syndicated loan in the last 12 months.
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Emirates NBD, a Dubai-based bank, has closed its dual-tranche loan at $500m with 15 lenders, increasing it from an initial size of $400m.
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Bank of Sharjah is planning to print both tier one and senior bonds before the end of 2019, according to two DCM bankers in Dubai.
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The US Federal Reserve delivered a 25bp rate cut as expected on Wednesday, but the signalling failed to satisfy investors desperate for more accommodative policy, causing a mild sell-off in emerging markets.
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Dubai's biggest bank, Emirates NBD, has completed its acquisition of Turkey's DenizBank from Sberbank as the binge of bank mergers in the Gulf continues.
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GEMS Education hit the market on Tuesday for a $1.65bn financing package for CVC’s purchase of a minority stake in it. The loan margin had to be widened and the euro tranche of the bond was dumped in favour of extra dollar debt, but the bond is trading strongly in the secondary market.
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The state of Israel returned to the yen market for the first time in 18 years this week to raise ¥15bn ($140m) of seven year debt. The private placement marks the state’s third visit to the capital markets in 2019 and its first non-euro trade of the year.
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GEMS Education came to the market on Tuesday with a pair of seven year senior secured bonds. The issues form part of a larger debt package being raised to support private equity firm CVC Capital Partners purchase a minority stake in the Dubai-headquartered education provider.
