Turkey

Vakifbank took advantage of seemingly insatiable demand for Turkish bank paper to raise $500m of five year senior funding on Tuesday.

Vakifbank has opened books on a drive-by five year senior trade as Turkish financial supply trickles into the primary market.

Garanti Bank on Tuesday raised $750m with the tightest priced Turkish tier two on record which was testament to the level of comfort investors now have with the product, according to bankers leading the transaction who conceded that the global credit rally had also helped.

Emerging markets bond bankers can think of nothing to derail the ongoing bull-run and while this might point to hubris, this week’s trades have given no indication of fatigue.

Orders of over $2.2bn had enabled Turkey’s Garanti bank to crush the yield on its debut tier two as it looks on course to print with the lowest ever coupon for a new style Turkish tier two bond.

Turkey’s largest private sector bank, Turkiye Is Bankasi (Isbank), signed a $1.3bn syndicated loan on Monday, bringing the first round of Turkish bank loan refinancings this year to an end.

Turkey’s Garanti Bank is expected to capitalise on the strong rally in emerging market credit to print its debut Basel III-compliant tier two capital bond this week, and bankers are wondering how much of the recent market tightening will be seen in the price.

Global Ports Holding, the Turkish company that owns 15 ports in the Mediterranean and further afield, has priced its London IPO just above the bottom of the range, achieving a £465m market capitalisation. The shares are trading up about 1.75%.

Turkey’s largest private sector bank, Türkiye İş Bankası, is due to sign a syndicated loan on Monday, which rounds up the last of Turkey’s larger financial institutions’ refinancings this spring, according to a banker on the deal.

Turkey’s QNB Finansbank set final terms on a $750m five year bond on Thursday, leaning on the ownership of Aa3/A+/AA- rated Qatar National Bank to print inside where analysts saw fair value — despite some investors objecting.

Turkey’s QNB Finansbank has released initial price thoughts for a five year dollar trade, as investors grappled with how to price in Aa3-rated Qatar National Bank's ownership of the Turkish borrower.

Turkey's QNB Finansbank hit the road for a one day marketing exercise on Wednesday to sell a new senior dollar benchmark sized bond, for which leads are likely to open books on Thursday.