Middle East
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National Bank of Kuwait, the country's largest lender, was set to raise an additional tier one (AT1) bond on Thursday as FIG issuers across the Gulf take advantage of good credit conditions. More subordinated funding from the region's banks is expected in the coming weeks. -
Despite a modest recovery in oil markets after an unprecedentedly volatile period last year, hydrocarbon-dependent emerging market governments are being warned to diversify urgently, amid estimations that a multi-trillion dollar revenue gap looms over some of the most vulnerable oil exporters. Capital markets must play a critical role in that transformation, say industry experts.
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A sustained revival of confidence in Turkish markets has caused the lira and other metrics to improve in recent days. That, market participants said, has strengthened the country's standing in international debt markets to the point where it could consider a long dated new issue, though concerns around rising US rates are simmering away in the background.
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National Bank of Kuwait, the country’s largest financial institution, has mandated banks to arrange an offering in its return to the additional tier one market. Market participants, however, are still holding out hope for the Kuwaiti sovereign to make an appearance.
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Syndicated lending volumes, particularly across emerging markets, have tumbled since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic last year. Though some had hopes that 2021 would yield more activity for lending desks, that optimism has been postponed to next year, as lenders say they simply cannot compete with other asset classes for business.
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First Abu Dhabi Bank, the largest bank in the UAE, debuted in the euro market on Tuesday, selling a bond that was more than twice subscribed just a week after it entered the sterling market.
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The Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, has coupled with private equity firm NBK Capital Partners, anchoring a direct lending fund.
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Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco, an investor consortium that leased pipelines from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) last year in a partnership deal, sold a $3.9bn senior secured dual tranche bond this week, just months after raising $4bn.
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Galaxy Pipeline Assets, the group of international investors that provided Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) with $10bn in a pipeline partnership deal last year, has re-entered debt capital markets just months after it sold what some involved in the deal claimed was one of the biggest project bonds ever.
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