Stocks likely to outperform bond market: BarclaysThe global economy is likely to continue to reward investment portfolios titled toward stocks, , said a new report from Barclays, a transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank. Stocks more likely to outperform the bond market, which More… |
Oil price slump could rock bond marketsThis could be a quarter that sees relative stability in global bond markets but a dive in the oil price or geopolitical risk could be the rock on which the steady ship founders. Entering springtime and summer always brings in a ce More… |
Gulf sovereigns eye record funding in bond marketsBond bankers are scrambling to secure business from beleaguered Gulf sovereigns, which are expected to engage in record breaking fundraising next year to cover widening fiscal deficits. Countries in the GCC are tipped to need more More… |
New sukuk issues show GCC bond market power shiftTwo issues of US dollar Islamic bonds in the Gulf this week - the first in five months - suggested pricing power in the region's bond market is shifting toward investors as banking sector liquidity dries up. Saudi Arabia's More… |
Egypt to return to bond market next yearEgypt will return to the international bond market in the first half of 2016, the country's finance minister said on Monday, taking advantage of its return to economic and political stability in the wake of the Arab Spring uprising of 2011. More… |
Bond market delivers vote of confidence in Dubai modelBond investors' confidence in Dubai is surviving two tests at once, with bond prices staying strong even as the stock market tumbles and concern mounts over volatility in the real estate sector. Wild swings in the Dubai stock More… |
Gulf bond market forges global links as it growsWhen Abu Dhabi's biggest bank, NBAD, issued a $750 million bond in August, strong investor demand underlined how well most Gulf banks are riding out the global financial crisis. The issue also sent another signal: that the reg More… |
Abu Dhabi firms to tap bond market in H2HSBC Holdings, the top arranger of debt issues in the Middle East so far this year, said it expects a flurry of bond offerings in the second half, including from prime sovereign-linked Abu Dhabi names yet to tap the market in 2012 Debt iss More… |
Qatar lender CBQ eyes bond market returnCommercial Bank of Qatar has picked banks to arrange investor meetings in Asia, the Middle East and Europe ahead of a possible dollar-denominated bond issue, lead arrangers said. The lender, Qatar’s third-lar More… |
Dewa to tap bond market in litmus testDubai's state-owned utility kicked off a roadshow on Tuesday to raise up to $3 billion in a litmus test of how Dubai entities will fare in debt markets after the Gulf Arab emirate's refinancing crisis. Dubai Electricity and Water A More… |