The Capital Markets Board of Turkey (SPK) has approved Istanbul Municipality’s application to sell up to €554mn of eurobonds, the SPK said on October 22 in its weekly bulletin.
Also on October 22, Bloomberg reported that the municipality was in talks with banks to sell at least $500mn of eurobonds.
This month, the Turkish Treasury agreed to pay a 609bp spread over US Treasury papers for 5-year $2.5bn papers and Turkish biscuit and confectionery maker Ulker agreed a 660bp spread for 5-year $650mn papers.
Turkey Wealth Fund (TWF/TVF) failed to move forward to eurobond issuance after facing higher-than-expected demands in spreads at investor meetings.
“Two EM bond issuers [TWF and Ukraine’s Naftogaz] beat hasty retreats from the primary market this week. But despite the challenges the pair faced, bankers and investors believe the market is open for borrowers looking to pick up a bit of funding ahead of what is expected to be a tortuous US election,” Global Capital reported on October 22.
The TWF blamed hostile market conditions for its decision, according to the publication.
The Turkish Treasury's last EUR-denominated eurobond sale took place in January 2019. Subsequently, it swapped its USD-denominated papers into EUR to benefit from lower costs. At least that was the case until the latest auction earlier this month.
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