Qatar
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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. -
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.
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New issuance from the Middle East has soared since the end of August and now banker and investor attention is turning to how much more is to come from the region and how much capacity the market has to absorb it, especially with a sharp rise in US Treasury yields this week.
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Al Khalij Commercial Bank (AKCB) raised $500m of five year Reg S paper on Tuesday, receiving strong demand and tightening the spread by 20bp from price thoughts.
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Al Khalij Commercial Bank is embarking on a roadshow for a Reg S five year dollar benchmark bond.
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Gas asset and infrastructure investment consortium Quadgas made its debut in the sterling corporate bond market on Monday with a £350m 11 year offering. The company had previously raised funds from the US private placement market, but this was its first benchmark public deal.
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The cost of buying credit default swaps on Turkish five year government debt has stopped its upward trajectory and eased lower, even as the country’s standoff with the US continues.
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Two Qatari banks raised new debt in different formats on Thursday, proving that Qatari banks have a multitude of funding options available to them.
