Middle East
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Jordan opened books on a long 10 year bond on Monday. The issuer will be hoping to catch the tail end of a post-Saudi Arabia bond rally and is offering a juicy 50bp premium to tempt investors. -
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After a three month hiatus, an attempted coup and a sovereign downgrade, Turkish credit is back in the market with three bank trades and two mandates this week alone. But while the sovereign printed a successful $1.5bn last Friday, investor fatigue is translating into lacklustre trades, even though premiums are up.
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Saudi Arabia’s record breaking international triple trancher, priced Wednesday, heralded the start of a new era for the Gulf’s largest economy as it embarked on a future away from oil. The remarkable $17.5bn debut — the largest ever syndicated sovereign bond — swept up $63bn of global interest this week, which is just as well given the economic task that lies ahead for the country, writes Virginia Furness.
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Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi (Vakifbank) added to the recent flood of Turkish supply on Thursday, emerging with initial price thoughts for a new five year dollar bond.
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Saudi Arabia’s $17.5bn triple tranche bond was performing well on Thursday morning, tightening 10bp across the curve, and bringing the rest of the region along with it — an impressive feat considering Saudi printed at tighter levels than rival bankers, and investors, were expecting.
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I’ve always considered myself a gent of superior taste and class. While I’m not averse to hanging out with the hoi polloi, I think it is no exaggeration to say that I’m considered one of Hong Kong’s respected elder statesmen.
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Saudi Arabia’s debut bond was met on Wednesday with enormous demand as investors poured in over $67bn of orders for the triple trancher by mid-morning. The deal, set at $17.5bn, will be the biggest emerging markets sovereign bond ever as one EM specialist questioned how the 30 year piece in particular could be priced so tight.
