Central Asia
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The announcement this week of two acquisitions involving European and emerging market companies has cheered loans bankers who have been missing big M&A tickets because of the Covid-19 pandemic. -
Kazakh fintech and e-commerce firm Kaspi began trading on the London Stock Exchange on Thursday after completing a popular IPO. The deal was a remarkable achievement and there are hopes it means future growth-orientated IPOs from the emerging and frontier markets may see similar success, writes Sam Kerr.
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Kaspi, the Kazakh fintech and e-commerce company, will price its IPO at the top of its price range. It will also grow the deal to around $1bn to meet high levels of investor demand.
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Two CEEMEA issuers mandated banks to arrange investor calls on Monday, although bond issuance volumes are expected to wane in coming weeks.
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Kaspi, the Kazakh fintech and e-commerce firm, has attracted enough orders to cover the books on its London IPO on the first day, according to sources close to the deal.
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Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil company KazMunayGas raised a dollar bond on Wednesday, after what some investors described as a lengthy roadshow. KMG is the latest in a string of Kazakh borrowers that have come to capital markets over the last year to raise funding as investors develop an appetite for the central Asian country.
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Kaspi IPO has officially launched its second attempt at a London listing and already built up a substantial shadow book of demand for the deal.
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Equity capital markets bankers are heralding the success of emerging markets IPOs set to be priced in the coming days and weeks, including the flotations of Russia’s Sovcomflot, Lithuania’s Ignitis, Saudi Arabia’s BinDawood and Kazakhstan’s Kaspi.
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Kaspi, the Kazakh fintech and e-commerce firm, has returned to the IPO market for a second attempt at a London listing after cancelling last year's effort over valuation differences between investors and the sellers. Sources say that gap has been bridged and are confident of listing Kaspi this year.
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Thomas Hugger has more than two decades of investment experience in frontier markets. Volatility is part of the job description. But he has never faced challenges like those unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Tengizchevroil (TCO), the Kazakhstan crude oil company jointly owned by four international commodity companies including Chevron and ExxonMobil, launched a bond on Tuesday in search of five and 10 year funding from investors.
