Deals
CASE STUDY: Absa Group Issues Inaugural USD400mn Basel III Compliant Regulatory Capital Bond
Absa Group’s recent inaugural USD400mn Tier II bond not only satiated its own capital requirements dictated by Basel III, but it also provided the dollar funding necessary for the bank’s future growth and created a benchmark for similar transactions across the continent.
26 Mar 2019
The Growth of Sustainable Finance in MENA
The global green bond market has over the past five years grown from virtually nothing into a broad sustainability-linked fixed income asset class, paying financial dividends while tackling some of the world’s most pressing climate and sustainability-related challenges. As Middle Eastern governments redouble their efforts to diversify their energy sectors and wider economies, will 2019 be the…
14 Mar 2019
CASE STUDY: Al Dur Power & Water Company Secures USD1.34bn Refinancing Despites Headwinds
Following Al Dur Power & Water Company’s (Al Dur) debut project financing transaction in 2009, the project company returned to the financial markets last year to refinance its outstanding debt. Navigating difficult macroeconomic conditions, alongside broader EM volatility, Al Dur secured a complex USD1.3bn refinancing package from an assortment of national and international lenders.
26 Feb 2019
CASE STUDY: Grupo Bimbo Becomes First Mexican Consumer Company to Issue Hybrid Bond
Last year, Grupo Bimbo’s debut hybrid transaction marked a milestone not just for the company but the broader Mexican corporate bond market, where primary market activity for hybrid securities has traditionally been dominated by select financial sector issuers.
20 Feb 2019
CASE STUDY: How the Suzano-Fibria Megamerger Was Financed
One of the biggest M&A deals in recent emerging market history, the Suzano-Fibria merger, saw a correspondingly complex and impressive financing scheme that involved a USD9bn syndication, split between a bridge loan and pre-export financing, which culminated in a billion-dollar bond issuance. The acquisition allowed to create a pulp giant with a 17% share of the global market.
13 Feb 2019
Mexican Borrowers Clean Up at This Year’s Latin America Deals of the Year Awards
Mexico’s political environment and markets experienced unprecedented levels of volatility in 2018, but against that backdrop borrowers took to the markets to launch landmark transactions that still broke barriers and paved the way for others to follow.
6 Feb 2019
CASE STUDY: Frontera Completes Restructuring with Debut Dollar Market USD350mn Bond
The Canadian oil company navigated a challenging market backdrop to place an upsized USD350mn bond, its first in the USD market, to finance its operational investments in the Andean region, refinancing all of its outstanding 2021 notes in the process.
28 Jan 2019
Strong Tabreed Sukuk Debut Highlights Importance of Visibility Among EM Investors
Leading UAE-based regional district cooling firm National Central Cooling Company PJSC – better known as Tabreed – launched its debut benchmark 7-year sukuk against the backdrop of an active deal pipeline and adverse market conditions, securing competitive pricing and an oversubscription rate of 1.5X. The funding team’s decision to prioritise speed-to-market, flexibility, and investor visibility…
17 Jan 2019
CASE STUDY: Lundin Gold Opens Up Ecuador to Project Finance with USD350mn Dual-Tranche Facility
The funding for the project, Lundin Gold’s sole venture in the country and its key source of revenue there, featured a one-of-a-kind structural solution that required extensive collaboration and negotiation between the financing parties and the sponsor.
15 Jan 2019
Credit Bank of Moscow VP on Corporate Lending, Sanctions and De-Dollarisation
Eric de Beauchamp, Senior Vice President at Credit Bank of Moscow, admits fear of additional sanctions – more so than existing measures – is weighing on the minds of investors when it comes to Russia. But shrewd management and strong communications allowed CBOM to avoid the fate of numerous large lenders that fell victim of the Central Bank’s cleanup of the sector in 2017, becoming one of the…
19 Dec 2018