IFR - 07.07.2018

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debut bond deal after sending a request for
proposal a few weeks ago, according to
people familiar with the matter.
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economic developments in Nigeria, its main
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that it had several things going for it.

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And he added that despite the less than

favourable conditions, it was still an

attractive cost of funding compared with

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bond went to asset managers, while

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EMERGING MARKETS EMEA

• 
  
  
  
  • 
    
    
    
    • B3 BMI Secs -
      4.20% area,
      4.12% area,
      4.12%
    
    
    • 
      
      
      
      • Aa3/A+/A Itau/HSBC/Scotia -
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

4.95% area,
4.8%/4.85%,
4.85%

• 
  
  
  
  • Aa3/A+/A Itau/HSBC/Scotia -
  
  
  
  

MS+33 area Flat SFr200m, 12 acs Aa2/AA- UBS AM 87%, PB 10.1%, Tsy 1.6%, Ins 0.8%,
PF 0.5%.
MS+55 area,
MS+45 (+/-2)

5 €1.08bn, 68 acs Aa2/AA-/AA- CA-CIB/CS/CMZ/HSBC/ING Ger 13%, Nordic 13%, UK 12%, Benelux
11%, Switz 9%, Fr 8%, RoEur 6%, ME
10%, Asia/Other 18%. CB/OI 48%, AM/
FM 29%, Ins/PF 12%, Bks/Other 11%.
MS+140 area,
MS+125/130,
MS+120/125

10 ~€1.2bn, 115 acs -/BBB+ BNPP/JPM/SEB Ger/Aus 27%, Fr 26%, Baltics 14%, UK
13%, China/Other 20%. AM 49%, Ins/PF
32%, CB/OI 13%.
3mL+145 area - - -/A/A BAML/BoC/CCBI /DBS/HSBC/ANZ/
BoCom/CCBA/MUFG/WBC

Pricing steps NIP (bp) Book size Ratings Bookrunners Distribution

ALL INTL EMERGING MARKETS BONDS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018–30/6/2018

Europe/Africa

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues US$(m) (%)

1 Citigroup 27 9,135.41 14.9

2 JP Morgan 25 6,424.68 10.5

3 Deutsche Bank 15 5,532.15 9.0

4 VTB Capital 10 4,967.19 8.1

5 HSBC 14 4,021.03 6.6

6 Standard Chartered 8 3,504.97 5.7

7 BNP Paribas 13 2,987.79 4.9

8 SG 13 2,578.20 4.2

9 Goldman Sachs 6 2,538.60 4.1

10 UniCredit 10 1,632.86 2.7

Total 56 61,294.32

Excluding equity-related debt.

Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: L2