By John Lee. Genel Energy has decided to repurchase a nominal amount of USD 252.8 million of Bonds in connection with its recent Buy-Back Offer. The Bonds will be repurchased at the price offered by each bondholder up to and including 89.90% of par value. The Bonds are being repurchased at a weighted average price […]
Genel Energy Holding Company Limited has announced a reverse tender offer (the 'Buy-Back Offer') to holders of Genel Energy Finance plc's ('the Issuer') USD 730 million GENEL01 PRO senior unsecured callable bonds with ISIN NO0010710882 (the 'Bonds'). All bondholders, subject to legal constraints, are invited to offer Bonds to the Company, being the sole shareholder […]
Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on Iraq's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Stable from Negative and affirmed the IDR at 'B-'. The Country Ceiling has been affirmed at 'B-' and the Short-Term Foreign-Currency IDR at 'B'. KEY RATING DRIVERS The revision of the Outlook reflects the following key rating drivers: Iraq's fiscal […]
Iraq has successfully closed on its offering of a $1 billion sovereign bond issuance guaranteed by the United States of America. This loan guarantee underscores the strong and enduring commitment of the United States to support the government of Iraq in this critical moment in the fight against Da’esh. As part of a comprehensive international […]
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Iraq's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B-' with a Negative Outlook. The Country Ceiling is affirmed at 'B-' and the Short-Term IDR at 'B'. KEY RATING DRIVERS Political risk and insecurity in Iraq are among the highest faced by any sovereign rated by Fitch. Progress has been made in pushing […]
By John Lee. Reuters reports that Iraq expects to sell $2 billion in eurobonds in the last quarter of this year, when international aid starts coming in, helping lower its cost of borrowing. Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari (pictured) told the news agency that Iraq expects to receive $600 million in September from the International Monetary […]
Shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) were trading down 4 percent on Wednesday despite an announcement that the company had secured a two-week extension of its standstill agreement with its bondholders: Further to the Company's announcement of 20 May 2016, Gulf Keystone announces today that, as discussions with the Ad Hoc Committee of holders of […]
By John Lee. Reuters reports that Iraq has raised the interest rate its $1.3-billion local bond issue in order to boost sales. The Central Bank (CBI) increased the rate from 6 percent to 8 percent, with the new rate applying to the whole issue regardless of when they were bought. The sales period will remain […]
By John Lee. According to a report from Reuters, the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has started selling local bonds worth 1.5 trillion Iraqi dinars ($1.29 billion). The first local bonds sale to the public since 2003 is aimed at relieving the government budget deficit caused by falling oil prices and the costs of fighting […]
By Simon Kent. Iraqi Central Bank Governor Ali Al-Alak has said that Iraq is issuing bonds to the value of around $2 billion in the next few months, following last year's aborted issuance after investors demanded too high a yield. At the time, investors demanded an 11% yield on the bonds, and the issuance was handled […]
By John Lee. A central bank manager in the Kurdistan region has reportedly been arrested as part of a probe into an alleged illegal bond trading scheme. Reuters reports that the scheme may have cost the KRG more than one billion dollars. Adham Karim, the head of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) in Erbil, […]
By John Lee. Genel Energy has decided to repurchase a nominal amount of USD 55.4 million of Bonds in connection with the Buy-Back Offer announced last week. The company will pay 63 percent of par value plus accrued unpaid interest. Settlement of the repurchases will occur on 30th March 2016. Shares in the company closed […]
