Middle East
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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.
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QNB Finansbank has revised initial price thoughts for its benchmark dollar 5.5 year bond, with books for the deal over $1.4bn. Both an investor and a syndicate official had said earlier in the day they expected tighter pricing.
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The first issuer representing the United Arab Emirates as a federal entity came to market this week. Emirates Development Bank raised $750m with a five year, surprising market participants with an aggressive pricing strategy.
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Bahrain plans to raise debt in capital markets over the next year, and bankers believe it should get a positive response from the market as the country is expected to continue recovering from a period of economic instability.
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Qatar International Islamic Bank sold its $500m five year sukuk on Tuesday, printing 25bp inside initial price guidance from an order book that reached $4bn in the first international sukuk deal from Qatar since May 2017.
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Almarai, the largest dairy company in the Middle East, sold its $500m five year sukuk on Tuesday having drawn a huge $5.3bn of demand for the deal — the first from a Saudi investment grade private corporate issuer.
