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Sovereign jumps in to make a start on gargantuan funding plans
The Kuwaiti bank was one of GCC's first issuers in 2024
Hybrid bonds are rare in the Gulf and even harder to find in Africa
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Bond issuance from the CEEMEA region boomed in 2024, as investors made the most of high yields before interest rate cuts kicked in and keeping new issue premiums low. Meanwhile, a rejuvenated group from Turkey redrew the borrower map, writes George Collard -
GlobalCapital asked heads of debt capital markets businesses across the Street about their expectations for 2025 and their experiences of 2024. Most predict rising issuance volumes as Ralph Sinclair discovers whether they see AI, blockchains, or the rather more human rise of private credit as the most disruptive threat to the industry
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Excitement is brewing among Latin America debt capital markets bankers over the prospects for the region’s three largest bond markets. But there is also trepidation that any deviation in the path of US interest rates could derail their impressive recovery, writes Oliver West
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Interest rate cuts mean spirits are high in the CEEMEA primary bond market after it recovered a semblance of normality in 2024. But Donald Trump’s election as the next US president has added uncertainty to the trajectory of interest rates, throwing borrowers and investors a curveball, write George Collard and Francesca Young
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The capital markets are finding growing uses for artificial intelligence as language models go from being large and broad, to small and tightly focused. AI has already been deployed to increase administrative efficiency. Automation in trading and execution is next, writes Gaia Freydefont
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Volumes on international markets will drop after a heavy two years
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