Turkey
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Stephen Moss and Nuno Matos have been given new roles of responsibility for Europe at HSBC, ahead of expected restructuring of the group in that region, particularly in global banking and markets (GBM). -
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Vakifbank printed its $750m 5.25% 2025s on Wednesday from a book that reached higher than $4.3bn at its peak, but the note was seen below re-offer in London’s secondary market on Thursday morning.
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Turkey's Vakifbank has released initial price guidance for a dollar benchmark, with the intention of printing the deal later on Wednesday.
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Turkey lender TSKB printed its $400m five year senior bond on Wednesday inside its own curve. The sale drew a $3.9bn book, allowing a big tightening from initial guidance to pricing. Following the clear success of the deal, other Turkish banks are expected to follow, starting with Isbank which was straight in with its own subordinated bond on Thursday.
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Turkey's primary equity capital markets opened for the first time since 2018 on Wednesday as an undisclosed group of shareholders set out to sell 1.9% of Akbank.
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Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB) has released price guidance on the first benchmark Turkish bank bond since March last year. Books had reached over $2.2bn by midday and the market has been told to expect a $400m deal.
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Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB) is planning to print a five year senior unsecured dollar bond on Wednesday. A lead manager on the deal said that the size of the note is likely to be below benchmark because the bank has limited liquidity needs.
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Turkish lender Yapi Kredi ventured into the green bond market for the first time on Friday with a rare dollar private placement, its first since January 2016, according to Dealogic data.
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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.
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Burak Kaya is joining MUFG Turkey to lead its corporate banking activity for non-Japanese firms.
