CEEMEA
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
Brown Brothers Harriman: Emerging Markets Preview for the Week Ahead
EM remains under severe pressure. The less dovish than expected Fed, renewed trade tensions, and a broad-based dollar rally have conspired to absolutely crush EM FX and equities. These drivers are likely to carry over into this week and so we remain bearish on EM.
5 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
Belarus Looks East for Financing Over the Coming Year
Belarus has come a long way since its debut Eurobond issuance in 2010. As the government seeks to stabilise the economy and spur on foreign investment, there are many avenues through which Belarus can access financing. Speaking at a press briefing in London, Minister of Finance Maxim Yermalovich shares important insights into the country’s ongoing diversification efforts, capital raising…
5 Jul 2019
CASE STUDY: Russian Railways’ EUR500mn Issue is Russia’s First Green Eurobond
In May, Russian Railway’s issued the country’s first benchmark size Green Bond raising EUR500mn in 8-year notes. Capitalising on a warmer funding environment, as well as the company’s strong capital markets track-record, the transaction also marked the lowest-ever yield on a Russian issuance - generating an order book that was over 3.5x oversubscribed.
25 Jun 2019
Hungary Whets Investors’ Appetite with Corporate Bond Support Programme
The government intends to foster growth of the local debt capital markets by hoovering up as much as HUF300bn worth of corporate bonds, but how the Central Bank’s recent hawkish signals and intent to load up the balance sheet squares with those plans is raising questions among investors.
10 May 2019
Turkey Looks East for Much-Needed FDI Boost
Asian investors are being sought as natural candidates for a revival of foreign investment in Turkey, according to CFOs, bankers and investors who spoke with Bonds & Loans on a recent research trip to Istanbul. Whether investors in the Far East oblige is another question entirely.
3 May 2019
CASE STUDY: Investors Sink Their Teeth into Triple-Tranche EUR3bn Romania Sovereign Bond
Romania’s Eurobond, the largest ever from the country’s Finance Ministry and first EUR-denominated triple-tranche from a sovereign issuer in 2.5 years, has raised the stakes in the typically quiet CEE debt markets.
1 May 2019
Ashmore Group: Beware of Big Fiscal
Having exhausted most monetary policy levers, fiscal stimulus appears to be the ultimate go-to solution for lack of growth in the developed world – but it is often very costly, and tends to stand in the way of deeper, much-needed structural reform. Ashmore's Jan Dehn looks at how this dilemma may be resolved.
30 Apr 2019