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Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB) has mandated for a five year senior unsecured dollar bond as investors breathed a sigh of relief over the calming of tensions between the US and Iran.

UBS is ramping up collaboration between its investment bank and its wealth management unit, as it seeks to find more revenue opportunities from its client base of wealthy individuals and family offices.

The US-Iran crisis has made for a slow start to CEEMEA bond issuance, though confidence is growing among issuers after Iran executed a revenge strike on Tuesday that some in the bond and loan markets have seen as a way out of escalating tensions any further. Blow out bonds from Mexico and Slovenia have also helped confidence and investors seem keen to buy after a decent end to 2019.

The State of Israel released initial price guidance on Wednesday for its dual tranche dollar 10 year and 30 year bonds as market participants hailed Tuesday’s Iranian strikes on Iraq airbases hosting US troops — and US President Donald Trump’s response — as a de-escalation of tensions between the two nations.

The Republic of Slovenia became the first CEEMEA issuer to print a bond this decade, quickly launching a €1.5bn deal from a book of €11.75bn on Tuesday.

Bahrain Mumtalakat, the country's sovereign wealth fund, is embarking on a roadshow with plans to print a seven year dollar sukuk. A syndicate official away from the deal called the move “courageous” given the political volatility in the Middle East.

A fuse has been lit on renewables hedging. In offshore wind alone, a wall of investment is set to hit the industry over the next two decades, one that will take many project sponsors into cross-border investments. Those prospects are already deepening hedging markets, writes Ross Lancaster

Chinese local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) Changsha Pilot Investment Holdings Group Co and Lanzhou Construction Investment (Holding) Group Co rode the recent positive sentiment in the sector, raising a combined $650m from dollar bonds.

The Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, has closed a $10bn bridge loan, with tighter margins than its debut entry into the loan market in September 2018. The deal is one of this year's highlights from the region, where syndicated loan volumes have declined from last year.

Three issuers spanning the CEEMEA region released initial guidance for dollar deals on Tuesday morning in London — one each from Russia, Abu Dhabi and Togo. All three bonds are expected to be printed later on Tuesday.

The Emirate of Sharjah is planning a benchmark 10 year Reg S senior unsecured sukuk.

Middle Eastern banks returned to the Swiss franc market this week after an absence of almost five months with trades from two Gulf banks providing some respite for yield-starved investors.