VTB Capital
-
Russia sanctions could have further implications for leveraged issuers
-
SPB counts on domestic demand, international market proves tricky for Mercury
-
The cybersecurity firm has listed in London and Moscow
-
The Russian insurer has started trading on the Moscow Exchange
-
United Medical Group, the Russian healthcare company, has launched an IPO on the Moscow Exchange, which is expected to raise more than $500m, according to a source close to the transaction.
-
Russian gold miner Nord Gold said on Thursday that it wants to launch an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, following a rally in the price of gold since March.
-
The city of Moscow is set to issue green bonds within the week, following the sovereign’s return to the Eurobond market on Thursday. The issuer is seeking foreign investor interest in its rouble-denominated green debut.
-
Russia launched its first international bond of the year on Thursday, which some have labelled as a show of strength by the sanction-hit country. Market participants are now debating which investors will end up buying the trade.
-
National Bank Trust, the bad bank set up by the Russian government after the financial crisis, has raised Rb50.2bn ($681m) by selling shares in VTB Bank, one of Russia’s largest banking groups.
-
Russia has mandated an exclusively Russian consortium of banks to arrange a euro bond issue. Market participants say the extra cash is not necessary but is Russia’s way of demonstrating its access to markets a month after its sovereign debt was slapped with further US sanctions.
-
The Development Bank of Kazakhstan on Thursday launched a dual tranche bond in dollars and Kazakh tenge. Investor interest in emerging market local currency debt has increased over the last year, as the hunt for yield grows.
-
Sovcomflot, the majority state-owned Russian shipping company, defied some market participants' expectations on Tuesday by coming to market to raise dollar debt just days after a fresh wave of US sanctions on Russia.
-
Trans-Oil Group, a Moldova agriculture company, was in the market on Wednesday for a dollar bond. The issuer has a rocky history in debt markets, following a failed attempt at a debut bond in 2018.
-
Sovcomflot, the shipping company majority-owned by the Russian state, is planning to enter the debt capital markets. But the dollar bond mandate comes at a tricky time as military escalation between Russia and Ukraine has caused investor confidence of assets on both sides to fall.
-
Mobile TeleSystems, Russia’s largest mobile operator, has sold a social bond in roubles, as it became the latest major Russian corporate to foray into ESG financing. The issuer has not ruled out a return to international markets, although in recent years it has pivoted towards domestic funding.
-
Russian Railways ventured into the Swiss franc market this week to sell the first hybrid corporate bond in over two years, a sign of a maturing Swissie market, according to local market participants.
-
Russian Railways issued a rouble bond on Thursday. Russian companies may steer away from the dollar market as discussions around fresh sanctions on Russia continue.
-
A flurry of Swiss franc issuance dusted the market this week, as domestic and foreign borrowers entered a more settled market.
-
Rusal, the Russian aluminium company, has arranged a 15 year syndicated loan from a consortium of local lenders. Funds will support the development of a smelting project in Siberia, which the company claims is environmentally friendly.
-
Fix Price, the Russian discount retailer, has confirmed its intention to float in London and Moscow, paving the way for a $1bn-plus IPO.
-
The spectre of imminent US-led sanctions against Russia has reappeared following the controversial imprisonment of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. While some say “Fortress Russia” will survive with or without sanctions, others believe the country’s already isolated capital markets and its access to funding could come under intense strain, writes Mariam Meskin.
-
Mass arrests following protests in Russia over the last two weeks in defence of opposition leader Alexei Navalny have increased the likelihood of US sanctions on some of the country’s leading figures. However, market experts say that new sanctions would be unlikely to cripple the country’s markets, as they have done in the past.
-
-
Gazprom, the Russian state oil and gas company, this week sold a dollar bond amid growing concerns about US sanctions on the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom.
-
Diversification has taken hold in central Asia's Uzbekistan, which over the last two years has started its pivot towards international capital markets. According to sources, a plethora of debut deals is expected to hit markets in coming months.
-
The Republic of Uzbekistan, which debuted in international debt markets just last year, sold a dual currency bond this week, as foreign investors eyed up an Uzbek som tranche.
-
Aeroflot, the flag carrier of Russia, has finished the first leg of a jumbo recapitalisation backed by the Russian government, amid turmoil in the airline industry due to the Covid-19 global pandemic.
-
Norilsk Nickel, the Russian metal and mining company, was set to issue a benchmark dollar bond on Thursday evening, just months after it was found responsible for a series of major diesel spills.
-
Nick Hutt has been appointed chairman of the management board at VTB Bank (Europe), and Mark Richardson will replace him as chief executive of VTB Capital’s UK arm, subject to regulatory approvals.
-
Emerging market investors are anticipating a wave of corporate and FIG issuance from across the CEEMEA region, which they say will be welcomed with open arms. Russian petrochemical company Sibur is the latest such borrower looking to being a new bond, hosting investor calls on Monday.
-
Veon, the emerging markets telecommunications firm, has mandated for a rouble bond issue, six months since its last trade, a hard currency offering.
-
New emerging market bond issues have been assessed on a case-by-case basis this week as the spread of the Covid-19 virus delivered sharp swings in global markets. Some borrowers wanted to forge ahead in case of a further sell-off, while others prefer to wait for a recovery.
-
New emerging market bond issues are being assessed on a case by case basis as a split between those issuers keen to forge ahead and those preferring to delay emerges.
-
-
GTLK Europe, an air and sea vehicle lessor, has priced a seven year unsecured bond — its longest dated deal to date. It paid a premium to investors, but won praise for steering the transaction through a market that had recently been shuttered due to Covid-19 chaos.
-
GTLK Europe, an aircraft and ship lessor, was offering a healthy new issue premium for a benchmark seven year bond in dollars on Tuesday, with the Covid-19 outbreak still casting a shadow over global financial markets.
-
Russian Railways is embarking on a roadshow to market the first ever green Swiss franc bond from Russia, even as fears of the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus continue to infect EM bond trading.
-
Three CEE banks have announced new bond issues this week. Armenia's Ardshinbank has printed a $300m five year bond, Credit Bank of Moscow has initial price guidance out on a dollar five year benchmark and Sovcombank, another Russian bank, has released plans for a roadshow.
-
Russian conglomerate Sistema and the Russia-China Investment Fund have sold a Rb15.9bn ($249.7m) chunk of stock in Detsky Mir, the Russian toy store, after a fully marketed offering designed to boost the freefloat of the company and diversify the shareholder base.
-
RusHydro will return to the international bond market for roubles with a deal that will likely take 2019’s total issuance in the format above last year’s total.
-
Home Credit and Finance Bank, the Russian consumer finance bank, priced a rare additional tier one trade from the country this week.
-
Russia's VTB Bank has signed an agreement with African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to boost trade finance cooperation between the two in Africa. The announcement comes on the heels of the inaugural Russia-Africa summit held this week in Sochi, during which a number of trade deals were said to have been signed.
-
Russian consumer finance bank Home Credit & Finance Bank has hit the road to market a rare AT1 in a deal that could be a test of emerging markets investors’ risk appetite for less vanilla deals.
-
Russian potash producer Uralkali hit the market on Tuesday, tightening pricing on a $500m bond issue, the borrower's first international deal since 2013. DCM bankers are confident Russian issuance will continue to fill the market throughout the fourth quarter, as Norilsk Nickel began a roadshow.
-
Russian potash producer Uralkali is going on the road for five year dollar paper, returning to the international market for the first time in six years.
-
-
A pair of CEE corporates, Veon Holdings and NordGold, released initial price guidance for bonds on Tuesday, both offering paper after a break from international issuance.
-
Sovcombank was in the market on Monday morning with a subordinated bond, just 10 days after the issuer’s credit rating was upgraded by two major ratings agencies.