Turkey
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Albaraka Turk Katilim Bankasi (Albaraka Turk) opened the pricing for an innovative tier two sukuk deal on Monday morning with initial thoughts of 10.5% area.
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Finansbank has picked banks for a senior dollar benchmark that would be the first in the format from a Turkish bank since April.
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In this round-up, new RMB mini metals contracts coming on HKEx, Singapore Exchange and EBS to launch CNH block futures, Turkey renewed its RMB swap line, and Morgan Stanley said one of its funds will start trading via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect link. -
Albaraka Turk Katılım Bankası (Albaraka Türk), has mandated seven banks to arrange a Basel III compliant Reg S tier two subordinated sukuk — only the second from Turkey and the first in sukuk format.
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Turkish sovereign and bank bonds initially rallied 20bp-30bp on Monday on the Justice and Development (AKP) party’s election victory in Turkey, but investors should remember that this is short term relief, not a long term fix.
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Turkish sovereign and bank bonds crunched tighter this week as the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) regained its parliamentary majority, but the rally lost its steam on Thursday as the market looked further forward to at least another four years under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkish sovereign and bank bonds have crunched tighter as the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) regained its parliamentary majority.
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Turkish automaker Tofas has completed syndication of a €200m seven year loan that will finance research and development projects for two cars.
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Intercity, the Turkish car lessor, has signed what is thought to be the first ever Samurai loan for a Turkish company, for €40m. But Japanese investors will not come piling into the Turkish market, said one banker.
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Turkiye Garanti Bankasi is applying to the country’s capital markets board for authorisation to issue an international covered bond of up to €2bn, but the deal’s future likely hinges on the outcome of Turkey’s elections, said bankers close to the deal.
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Garanti has taken the first step to refinance its second loan of the year, with tranches of up to $1.5bn and €1.5bn.
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