Kuwait

Bond supply from the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region could resume as early as Tuesday as bankers reported positive feedback from two sets of investor meetings.

Kuwait's Burgan Bank will re-engage with investors this week after first setting up an EMTN programme for a senior dollar bond in July.

With the Republic of Macedonia on the road for the first euro-denominated bond from an emerging market issuer since Brexit and EM credit continuing to rally, bankers are expecting a strong few weeks pre-summer.

Kuwait has joined the roster of Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) sovereigns looking for international financing to help plug increasing fiscal deficits, but while DCM bankers are in no doubt an issue would be met with strong demand, the sovereign has plenty of work to do before coming to market.

Kuwait’s Equate bargained hard on the terms of its latest $5bn bridge loan refinancing, bankers said, and the syndicate for the latest loan shrunk as some lenders passed on the deal.

Kuwait's Burgan Bank has picked five banks to manage its senior bond offering after establishing a new EMTN programme on Sunday.

Kuwait's Burgan Bank established a new EMTN programme on Sunday which has taken it one step closer to issuing in senior format.

Kuwaiti petrochemicals firm Equate is taking its time to refinance $6bn of loans, with bankers blaming the tight pricing and deal size for the slow progress of the self-arranged transaction.

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Boubyan Bank has printed its $250m perpetual Basel III compliant tier one issue only around 100bp wide of its majority owner, National Bank of Kuwait, with books at pricing in excess of $1.3bn.

Boubyan Bank has launched its tier one sukuk, hitting its size target of $250m and setting final pricing well inside initial price guidance.

Boubyan Bank, an Islamic bank based in Kuwait, has released initial price thoughts for a $250m perpetual non-call five tier one bond.