CEE & Turkey
HSBC Turkey Sees Syndicated Loan, Bond Volumes Rising on The Road to Recovery
Following a tumultuous 2018, Turkey’s economy is now back on the road to recovery as the pathway to reform becomes clearer and global markets stabilise. Bonds & Loans speaks with Yiğit Arslancık, Assistant General Manager and Head of Wholesale Banking at HSBC Turkey about improving market sentiment, the growth in sustainable finance, and investor engagement.
6 Dec 2019
SOCAR Finance GM Pursues Trade Finance Alternatives Following STAR Refinery Launch
SOCAR, Azerbaijan’s state oil and gas company, currently bears the mantle of the largest foreign direct investor in Turkey. The opening of SOCAR’s USD6.3bn STAR Refinery in October 2018 marked one of many major projects in the country. Bonds & Loans spoke with Elchin Ibadov, Finance and IT Deputy General Manager, about SOCAR’s bid to create a centralised treasury function, fostering operational…
24 Oct 2019
Bahrain’s Mumtalakat CEO Eyes Global Investments with Positive Real Economic Impact
Known for a wide range of high-profile investments into companies like automotive heavyweight McLaren Group and metals giant Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), Mumtalakat – Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund – is doubling down on its search for investment opportunities that have a lasting positive impact on the real economy. Several months after it issued a debut sukuk and ahead of its 15-year anniversary,…
4 Sept 2019
Neuberger Berman Emerging Market Debt PM: Biggest Risk to Investors is Commodity Price Swings
This year has seen yet another spate of debut sovereign issuances from across emerging markets (EM). Meanwhile, softening growth in China has tempered the GDP outlook across emerging markets. Bonds & Loans speaks with Kaan Nazli, Senior Economist and emerging markets sovereign debt Portfolio Manager at Neuberger Berman, about the EM outlook through 2019.
27 Aug 2019
Turkish Banking Sector Remains Resilient Despite Ongoing Volatility
With GDP growth set to deteriorate and political volatility ever-present, the banking sector still remains exposed to weakening asset quality and currency fluctuations. However, key metrics indicate that, short of a period of severe and prolonged market stress, the banking sector will be able to ride out the next storm.
16 Aug 2019
GCC Corporates Benefit from Asian Long Money
As rates continue to fall in many parts of Asia, investors have increasingly turned to emerging markets in their hunt for yield. But given their generally cautious and conservative approach to investment, many have favoured so-called ‘safe emerging markets’. Now, as growth begins to soften in China, a growing number are turning their attention to the GCC’s corporate credit market to find secure,…
9 Aug 2019
CASE STUDY: Eurotorg Issues Enters Russian Market with Belarus’ First RUB Bond
After becoming the first Belarusian corporate to enter the Eurobond market two years ago, Eurotorg is now breaking new ground with its RUB5bn Russian issuance. Receiving healthy demand from investors – both domestically and internationally – the issuance is indicative of a flexible and increasingly diverse financing strategy.
8 Aug 2019
The Case for Diversification: Why CFOs Shouldn’t Wait for the Next Liquidity Crisis to Act
In the face of relatively abundant banking sector liquidity and stabilising oil prices, CFOs and treasurers have rightly questioned the need to shift their funding focus away from the region’s deep-pocketed lenders. With the global growth outlook looking more uncertain, new trade wars becoming a near daily feature of the global policy discussion, and in light of recent moves to bolster the…
2 Aug 2019
Invest in Turkey: One Belt One Road Already Helping Attract Capital from Asia
Despite being caught in the turbulence that rocked emerging markets in 2018, Turkey remains an attractive destination for foreign investors, boasting strong fundamentals and a growing pipeline of projects in need of capital. Bonds & Loans spoke with Ahmet Burak Dağlıoğlu, Vice President of Invest in Turkey, about the growing role of Asian investment in the country, funding diversification and…
30 Jul 2019
Euro-Denominated Bonds on the Rise Amid Flurry of CEEMEA Issues
Central and Eastern European sovereign bond markets came to life in the second quarter of 2019, a period that saw a sharp rise in traditional US dollar borrowers – and investors – switching into euro notes across the region. The dynamic reflects a tangible recovery in EM debt sales amidst the ECB’s and the Fed’s dovish tilt, but just how long the hunt for yield will prevail is far from clear.
29 Jul 2019