Middle East
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After a run of lacklustre Turkish bank trades, Kuveyt Turk printed on Tuesday a $500m sukuk that was nearly four times subscribed. But the success was not universal to this week's Turkish bank issuance as Sekerbank failed to haul its tier two bond over the line. -
Turkish retail group Boyner has arranged $170m of loans from local and foreign banks. Most of the deal was supplied by international lenders, despite the country having being downgraded to junk this year.
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Two more Turkish banks opened order books on dollar trades on Tuesday, following Isbank, Vakifbank and Turk Eximbank last week. Sekerbank and Kuyeyt Turk are out with a Basel III tier two and a sukuk respectively.
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Jordan made its second standalone entry into the international markets on Monday with a $1bn 10.25 year. The sovereign used Saudi Arabia’s international bond success last week and its index eligibility to grind in pricing to pay a negligible new issue premium.
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Moody’s has assigned a provisional Baa1 rating to the mortgage backed covered bonds of Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi and the issuer has published its base prospectus, suggesting it could soon be ready to issue.
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Several loans from Omani credits are being tipped to be launched this year, but, after several large deals, some bankers have concerns that lending appetite is waning.
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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.
