Uzbekistan
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Emerging market issuers have crept back into the small issuance window in international markets after a brief pause for the US elections, with Dubai Islamic Bank and Uzbekistan’s Ipoteka Bank issuing dollar-denominated bonds this week.
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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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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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Investors showered a debut dollar deal from Uzpromstroybank with orders on Monday, with the order book for the $300m bond peaking at $1.2bn. But despite the success for the privatisation candidate, government officials are hoping that future Uzbek bond issuance will favour local currencies.
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Uzpromstroybank, the BB-/BB- rated bank that is majority owned by the Uzbek government, had racked up more than $800m of orders by lunchtime on Monday for its five year dollar bond.
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Uzbekistan Special Report Interview with Fayzulla Shaismatov, deputy chairman, Thermal Power Plant
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In an interview with GlobalMarkets, Golib Kholjigitov, head of Uzbekistan’s PPP Development Agency, lays out the advantages that working with the private sector can bring in terms of lower costs and more efficient delivery of much-needed infrastructure projects
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Uzbekistan Special Report Interview with Elmurodov Kholik, First Deputy Chairman of the Board, Uzbekistan National Power Networks
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Unveiled in July, a new roadmap for Uzbekistan’s energy sector lays out plans for the restructuring and modernisation of state-owned firms and a major expansion of the industry with foreign investment
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Uzbekistan Special Report interview with Ulugbek Ashurov, deputy chairman, Uzbekneftegaz
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Uzbekistan Special Report Interview with Sayidov Ulugbek, chairman of the board, Uztransgaz