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Uzbekistan opened a new chapter in emerging market bonds on Wednesday, printing a $1bn dual tranche deal. Market participants are expecting a swathe of other issuers from the country to follow the sovereign into the capital markets, although soggy trading on Thursday has stiffened investor resolve to hold firmer on pricing on subsequent Uzbek deals, writes Francesca Young.
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In the emerging markets over the past year the art of bond investing has often felt like perfecting the skill of mitigating disaster — of knowing when to catch a falling knife or jump on a rebound before everyone else does.
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Uzbekistan printed its $1bn dual tranche five and 10 year bond on Wednesday to great investor excitement, but the bubble was punctured on Thursday when both traded down in the secondary market. That was despite orders as big as $300m from one international EM account, according to Uzbekistan’s deputy prime minister and finance minister, Jamshid Kuchkarov.
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The Turkish sovereign’s third bond of the year, a sukuk, was priced with no new issue premium on Wednesday, paving the way for Türk Telekom to come to market.
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The Republic of Indonesia was back in the dollar market this week with its regular sukuk issuance. But with a trade that mirrored its 2018 Islamic financing transaction, the sovereign added a green tranche, allowing it to tap a niche set of investors in an effort to raise $2bn. Morgan Davis reports.
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The Republic of Turkey has tightened price guidance for its three year sukuk to 5.9% area, with books for the deal in excess of $3.5bn.