Qatar
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Qatar launched a long anticipated triple tranche dollar benchmark on Wednesday, hitting three parts of the curve for what may prove the largest emerging markets deal so far this year. The deal had gathered more than $35bn of orders before the US open. -
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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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Qatar International Islamic Bank has tightened price guidance on its five year sukuk and set the size of the deal at $500m after books for the note exceeded $2.9bn.
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Qatar National Bank has sold a Rmb500m ($73m) three year bond through Standard Chartered, continuing its ongoing presence in this market.
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Bankers have confirmed that Qatar National Bank has entered the second phase of syndication to refinance an existing €2.25bn facility due for maturity in May 2019.
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Qatar’s Doha Bank has closed a $525m unsecured facility as lenders demonstrated healthy appetite for the small and politically isolated Gulf country.
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Loan bankers and market analysts are weighing up the implications of Qatar's shock announcement on Monday that it would leave the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries in January after 57 years of membership, writes Mariam Meskin.
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A pair of rare euro bonds from sovereign emerging markets borrowers hit the market this week, much to the approval of investors who said the deals provided “good value”.
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Qatar may still be under a blockade set by its Gulf neighbours, but bankers are optimistic about its borrowers' prospects in the loan market just as Qatar National Bank (QNB) returns for its second deal this year, writes Mariam Meskin.
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Qatar National Bank has returned to the loan market to refinance a €2.25bn facility, the bank's second stint in the market this year.
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Commercial Bank of Qatar is refinancing a $1bn loan signed in 2015, in one of the country’s first syndicated loan transactions since the Saudi Arabia-led boycott, which started in June 2017.
