Czech Republic
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Energy utility company EP Infrastructure (EPIF), part of the Energetický a průmyslový (EP) holding group, has refinanced a €1.75bn loan from last year with a €1.95bn facility with 15 banks making it the first Czech Republic corporate loan of 2017. -
In this week’s round-up, the Hong Kong Exchange’s USDCNH futures record their second best trading volume on Wednesday, renminbi deposits in Hong Kong increase by 4.1% in April, and China and Germany agree to co-operate on trade and finance.
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Legislators in the Czech Republic and Austria are in the process of updating their covered bond laws and Lithuania has set out its intention to introduce a framework.
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Shares in Mol, the Hungarian oil and gas company, fell 3.4% early on Thursday morning but recovered to close flat, after Čez Group, the Czech electricity company, sold its whole 7.5% stake in Mol through an accelerated bookbuild, while buying back bonds it had issued that were exchangeable into Mol shares.
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Spearhead International, a central and eastern Europe based agriculture company, has signed its first syndicated loan for €167m.
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Czech telcoms firm Ceska Telekomunikacni Infrastruktura (CETIN) attempted to throw off any emerging markets tag it bears on Tuesday, printing a €625m trade after a long marketing period tailored to investment grade funds in western Europe, according to two bankers on the deal.
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It was all about the crossover trade this week in emerging market bonds. Borrowers located in EM countries, but appealing to buyers of western European credit and rates products have left EM funds have little to play with in the primary markets
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After several weeks of discussions with investors Ceska Telekomunikacni Infrastruktura (CETIN) finally hit the screens with a new bond on Tuesday – though it had to sweeten the deal with a coupon step-up – and had pulled in over €1.4bn of orders by mid-morning.
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Emerging markets bond bankers were keeping upbeat on Thursday about the prospects for further issuance from CEEMEA this year, despite the failure of one of the few deals in the pipeline to emerge as expected.
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Ceská telekomunikacní infrastruktura (CETIN) is planning to issue a five year bond, the second issuer to test the new period of volatility following the election of Donald Trump as US president.
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Emerging market borrowers are facing higher borrowing costs as the end of the year approaches. A slim pipeline of deals is expected despite forecasts of muted demand and outflows from the asset class.
