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The blow to oil production in the Middle East seems to have boosted demand for Russian petrochemical giant Sibur's five year dollar benchmark on Monday — the issuer’s first bond in two years. -
The first deal of the September rush set an impressive bar for a rush of borrowing from its peers in the commodities sector. Russia's Severstal pulled off an $800m five year bond priced flat to its curve, achieving the lowest yield ever for a corporate from the region.
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Severstal, a Russian steel manufacturer, hit screens on Monday morning with a five year dollar benchmark.
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ING's Turkish arm, ING Bank AS, has raised a $309m-equivalent trade finance loan from international lenders. The deal is a precursor to the year's second round of Turkish bank refinances, expected to begin in the next month.
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Russia's largest producer of anthracite coal, Siberian Anthracite, is expected to complete a loan refinancing in September. The deal will see Sibanthracite switch its existing loan facility from dollars to euros, as bankers offer a number of reasons for the switch, including preventative protection from sanctions and the elimination of operational delays.
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GeoProMining Group, a mining company operating in Russia and Armenia, announced its first ever bond on Thursday — a Reg S dollar five year.
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Rustranscom, the Russian freight and logistics operator, has decided against a listing that it had begun marketing in London and has opted instead for a private equity transaction.
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Emirates NBD (ENBD) has renegotiated the price it is paying to buy Turkish lender Denizbank from Sberbank after the fall of the lira since the deal was first announced last year. Some bankers have wondered how the acquisition will be financed, but ENBD has told GlobalCapital the bank will not raise debt to fund the deal.
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Evraz raised $700m with a five year bond on Wednesday as it returned to the fixed income market for the first time in two years. The company used the proceeds to finance a tender offer of its April 2020s.
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Russian borrowers are returning to life as investors start to brush off sanctions risks, though issuance is still weak compared to the same time last year. Evraz hits the road for a five year dollar bond on Wednesday and Credit Bank of Moscow (CBM) came to market on Monday.
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Uralkali, a Russian potash fertiliser producer, has sent out a request for proposals to lenders in a bid to raise $1bn. But bankers say that the Russian market is beset with difficulties that are delaying the few transactions in the pipeline.
