Middle East
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The State of Qatar wowed the financial world on Wednesday with a $12bn three tranche deal that gathered a staggering $50bn of orders. -
Two Turkish borrowers hit the market on Thursday, one returning to the market after a six year hiatus. Coming in the wake of a Koc Holding deal this week, the three deals make this Turkey’s busiest week for deals in almost three years.
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Qatar National Bank Group (QNB) closed a €2bn term loan on Wednesday, getting a heavily oversubscribed deal that demonstrated strong lender appetite in its first return to the euro market for nearly three years.
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Qatar launched a long anticipated triple tranche dollar benchmark on Wednesday, hitting three parts of the curve for what may prove the largest emerging markets deal so far this year. The deal had gathered more than $35bn of orders before the US open.
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Credit Suisse has appointed Julian Corner as head of advanced execution services for EMEA, effective immediately, according to an internal memo.
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Koç Holding opened books for a six year dollar benchmark, returning to the bond market for the first time in three years. While market participants said that initial price thoughts looked generous, they expected the spread to be tightened aggressively before pricing.
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The first issuer representing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a federal entity came to market this week. The deal was part of a trio from the Middle East, none of which offered investors anything in the way of new issue concession.
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Two Turkish issuers were back on screens this week as the country continues its rehabilitation in the capital markets. QNB Finansbank printed with a 10bp new issue premium, according to one lead manager, a level which he said shows how far Turkey has come since the sovereign paid up 50bp for its post-volatility return to market trade in October.
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Koç Holding, Turkey's largest holding company, has mandated three banks for a five or seven year dollar RegS/144A benchmark. An investor has said that given recent Turkey volatility, he would want to see a much larger premium over the Turkey curve for the longer of those two options.
