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Exclusive - Iraq seeks credit rating before jumbo bond issue
Posted by gg4 on April 30, 2015 at 8:00am
By Hadeel Al Sayegh
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq plans to obtain a sovereign credit rating and is approaching rating agencies as it prepares for a jumbo $5 billion (£3.2 billion) bond issue needed to cover a budget deficit caused by low oil prices, its finance minister said on Thursday.
"We started the process," Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters by telephone. "The banks are also trying to help us in that direction.”
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Exclusive - Iraq seeks credit rating before jumbo bond issue
Posted by gg4 on April 30, 2015 at 8:00am
By Hadeel Al Sayegh
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq plans to obtain a sovereign credit rating and is approaching rating agencies as it prepares for a jumbo $5 billion (£3.2 billion) bond issue needed to cover a budget deficit caused by low oil prices, its finance minister said on Thursday.
"We started the process," Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters by telephone. "The banks are also trying to help us in that direction.”
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Iraq has said it will issue $5 billion of debt in its first international bond sale for nine years. Its need for cash is acute; the government has projected a budget deficit of about $25 billion this year, in a budget of roughly $100 billion.
Obtaining a credit rating from a major agency, which Iraq currently lacks, could help to persuade global fund managers and banks to subscribe to the issue.
Zebari said Iraq was trying to approach two or three rating agencies, which he did not name. It has been discussing its bond issue plan with Citibank and Deutsche Bank.
The process of obtaining a credit rating could be a delicate one for Iraq, requiring it to open its books to the agencies and disclose new information on its finances. Zebari did not say when he expected the process to be completed.
Iraq's huge oil reserves in its southern fields, which have not been touched by the Islamic State insurgency, are expected to draw buyers to its bonds. But many fund managers think it would struggle to sell $5 billion in a short space of time, even with generous pricing.
Asked if $5 billion was too ambitious, Zebari said: "We have in the budget a commitment to issue $6 billion. So this is the low - this is how we plan to cover our deficit. But there’s no way we can do it in one tranche.”
Iraq has an outstanding U.S. dollar bond maturing in 2028 <462652AA6=>; panic selling late last year as oil prices plunged pushed its yield to a record high of 10.49 percent from around 7.2 percent in September, but it has since dropped back to 8.04 percent.
Iraqi five-year credit default swaps , used to insure against any sovereign default, are at 539 basis points, near their highest levels since late 2009.
In addition to the international bond issue, Iraq has introduced or is planning other fiscal measures including a local currency bond issue to banks, taxes on some consumer goods and public wage cuts. It has also been considering whether to ask for aid from the International Monetary Fund.
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Awake-in-3D > gg4 April 30, 2015 at 8:29am Been waiting for the credit rating of Iraq. When a bond is purchased it is a loan to the one issuing the bond - hence the need for Iraq to have an international credit rating (just like personal FICO scores). ;)
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B Squared: Here is an enlightening treatise on the status of Iraq with excellent historical background: http://ift.tt/1HUg4cZ
Chillimac: IF IRAQ IS ABOUT TO RELEASE BONDS AS RUETERS HAS SUGESTED, SO THEY CAN GET A CREDIT RATING, ????
WOULD YOU NOT THINK THAT THEY HAVE A RATE WORTHY OF A CREDIT RATING?
CANT GET THAT ON A PENNY SALARY...... AND WHEN TONY /DC SAID ITS HERE..... I THINK THEY MENT IT IS AT THE BANKS, WAITING TO BE RELEASED TO US....
.JMO : PRAYING THEY RELEASE IT TO US TODAY : AMEN
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Already Blessed: YOU GUYS NEED TO STOP HEARING STUFF ELSEWHERE AND THEN ASKING US TO VERIFY....IF SOMETHING HAD CHANGED WITH MALIKI...TONY AND DC WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU....HE HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM AND IS NOT A PROBLEM.....
SECURITY FOR ABADI AND SHABIBI HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME....AND THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DO
99.9 % OF 'ADMIRAL' SIGHITINGS ARE SHEER POPPYC@CK...
BIGFOOT HAS BEEN SIGHTED IN RENO AND PROBABLY IS ONE OF THE PAYMASTERS FROM ADMIRALS GROUP...ONCE BIGFOOT SLIDES HIS CARD OR PUNCHES IN THE CODE ON HIS IPHONE...WE WILL ALL BE ABLE TO GO….LOL
WONDER HOW MANY SITES WILL RUN THE BIGFOOT INFO NOW? SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG TO GET AROUND?
Starchild: wait, Bigfoot is the Admiral?
Texan1: AB bigfoot is an alien. R u saying the RV is controled by aliens?
Already Blessed: YES TEXAN....THE ALIENS ARE NOW IN CHARGE OF THE UNIVERSE AND CONTROL THE RV
Texan1: Cant wait to c that on recaps
Already Blessed: DC HAS NOT CHANGED HIS LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT...THE 5 DAY WINDOW STILL HOLDS...TONY TOLD YOU THAT IF ANYTHING CHANGES...HE WILL LET YOU KNOW
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Topic: The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have. Vince Lombardi
Obtaining a credit rating from a major agency, which Iraq currently lacks, could help to persuade global fund managers and banks to subscribe to the issue.
Zebari said Iraq was trying to approach two or three rating agencies, which he did not name. It has been discussing its bond issue plan with Citibank and Deutsche Bank.
The process of obtaining a credit rating could be a delicate one for Iraq, requiring it to open its books to the agencies and disclose new information on its finances. Zebari did not say when he expected the process to be completed.
Iraq's huge oil reserves in its southern fields, which have not been touched by the Islamic State insurgency, are expected to draw buyers to its bonds. But many fund managers think it would struggle to sell $5 billion in a short space of time, even with generous pricing.
Asked if $5 billion was too ambitious, Zebari said: "We have in the budget a commitment to issue $6 billion. So this is the low - this is how we plan to cover our deficit. But there’s no way we can do it in one tranche.”
Iraq has an outstanding U.S. dollar bond maturing in 2028 <462652AA6=>; panic selling late last year as oil prices plunged pushed its yield to a record high of 10.49 percent from around 7.2 percent in September, but it has since dropped back to 8.04 percent.
Iraqi five-year credit default swaps , used to insure against any sovereign default, are at 539 basis points, near their highest levels since late 2009.
In addition to the international bond issue, Iraq has introduced or is planning other fiscal measures including a local currency bond issue to banks, taxes on some consumer goods and public wage cuts. It has also been considering whether to ask for aid from the International Monetary Fund.
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Awake-in-3D > gg4 April 30, 2015 at 8:29am Been waiting for the credit rating of Iraq. When a bond is purchased it is a loan to the one issuing the bond - hence the need for Iraq to have an international credit rating (just like personal FICO scores). ;)
*************************************
B Squared: Here is an enlightening treatise on the status of Iraq with excellent historical background: http://ift.tt/1HUg4cZ
Chillimac: IF IRAQ IS ABOUT TO RELEASE BONDS AS RUETERS HAS SUGESTED, SO THEY CAN GET A CREDIT RATING, ????
WOULD YOU NOT THINK THAT THEY HAVE A RATE WORTHY OF A CREDIT RATING?
CANT GET THAT ON A PENNY SALARY...... AND WHEN TONY /DC SAID ITS HERE..... I THINK THEY MENT IT IS AT THE BANKS, WAITING TO BE RELEASED TO US....
.JMO : PRAYING THEY RELEASE IT TO US TODAY : AMEN
************
Already Blessed: YOU GUYS NEED TO STOP HEARING STUFF ELSEWHERE AND THEN ASKING US TO VERIFY....IF SOMETHING HAD CHANGED WITH MALIKI...TONY AND DC WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU....HE HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM AND IS NOT A PROBLEM.....
SECURITY FOR ABADI AND SHABIBI HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME....AND THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DO
99.9 % OF 'ADMIRAL' SIGHITINGS ARE SHEER POPPYC@CK...
BIGFOOT HAS BEEN SIGHTED IN RENO AND PROBABLY IS ONE OF THE PAYMASTERS FROM ADMIRALS GROUP...ONCE BIGFOOT SLIDES HIS CARD OR PUNCHES IN THE CODE ON HIS IPHONE...WE WILL ALL BE ABLE TO GO….LOL
WONDER HOW MANY SITES WILL RUN THE BIGFOOT INFO NOW? SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG TO GET AROUND?
Starchild: wait, Bigfoot is the Admiral?
Texan1: AB bigfoot is an alien. R u saying the RV is controled by aliens?
Already Blessed: YES TEXAN....THE ALIENS ARE NOW IN CHARGE OF THE UNIVERSE AND CONTROL THE RV
Texan1: Cant wait to c that on recaps
Already Blessed: DC HAS NOT CHANGED HIS LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT...THE 5 DAY WINDOW STILL HOLDS...TONY TOLD YOU THAT IF ANYTHING CHANGES...HE WILL LET YOU KNOW
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GET:
Topic: The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have. Vince Lombardi
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[pollyP] Jester, did you get the info today we had our fingers crossed for?
[Jester] YOU GUYS ONLY HAVE THE ONE QUESTION... WHEN AM I GOING TO GET PAID... HAHAHAHAH
[Jester] hoot2602 YOU PROMISED NOT TO BEAT ME UP ABOUT THAT WHEN I SAID IT LAST WEEK....
[Jester] IT WAS A STATEMENT... WE ARE A WEEK LATE.... HOPE THINGS LINE UP FOR TOMORROW...
[Jester] WE WILL NOT REALLY KNOW IF THEY DID INSTANTLY.... WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THE EXPECTATIONS COME TOGETHER...
[hoot2602] Jester When the RV does happen, do you plan to quit doing chat asap?
[Jester] hoot2602 WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AT THAT TIME... I AM BETTING YOU GUYS WILL MAKE THE DECISION FOR US....
[MOTOXR] Jester I'll still be here
[hoot2602] Jester I think that lots of people will be out spending their dough...We will be making slow, deliberate decisions on the best way to preserve and maximize
[hoot2602] Jester therefore, would be looking for any insights (not financial advice) from you.
[Jester] hoot2602 I CANNOT HELP YOU WITH THAT... I HAVE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER... THERE ARE PROFESSIONALS FOR THAT... AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE GETTING THAT SORT OF PROFESSIONAL ADVICE FROM A CHAT ROOM... EVEN HERE...
[Jester] SOOOO... ANYTHING I CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT ON YOUR MINDS? HAHAHAHAHA
[MOTOXR] Jester Anything from HP?
[jojill] Jester are the bonds still moving
[Jester] MOTOXR DID NOT CATCH HER TODAY SORRY...
[LdyFaith] Jester,,,, were you able to confirm that last weeks update was 1 week off ?
[Jester] LdyFaith SINCE IT HAS BEEN ONE WEEK NOW I CAN CONFIRM THAT... ACTUALLY I DID THAT LAST NIGHT....
[MOTOXR] Then that is good news.
[LdyFaith] Jester,,, thank you
[Jester] HI AND HAPPY HUMP DAY MODS, PEEPS, LURKERS, AND CRITTERS...
[Hoosier Girl] Jester Happy Hump day to you too
[pollyP] Jester, did you get the info today we had our fingers crossed for?
[Jester] YOU GUYS ONLY HAVE THE ONE QUESTION... WHEN AM I GOING TO GET PAID... HAHAHAHAH
[Jester] hoot2602 YOU PROMISED NOT TO BEAT ME UP ABOUT THAT WHEN I SAID IT LAST WEEK....
[Jester] IT WAS A STATEMENT... WE ARE A WEEK LATE.... HOPE THINGS LINE UP FOR TOMORROW...
[Jester] WE WILL NOT REALLY KNOW IF THEY DID INSTANTLY.... WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THE EXPECTATIONS COME TOGETHER...
[hoot2602] Jester When the RV does happen, do you plan to quit doing chat asap?
[Jester] hoot2602 WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AT THAT TIME... I AM BETTING YOU GUYS WILL MAKE THE DECISION FOR US....
[MOTOXR] Jester I'll still be here
[hoot2602] Jester I think that lots of people will be out spending their dough...We will be making slow, deliberate decisions on the best way to preserve and maximize
[hoot2602] Jester therefore, would be looking for any insights (not financial advice) from you.
[Jester] hoot2602 I CANNOT HELP YOU WITH THAT... I HAVE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER... THERE ARE PROFESSIONALS FOR THAT... AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE GETTING THAT SORT OF PROFESSIONAL ADVICE FROM A CHAT ROOM... EVEN HERE...
[Jester] SOOOO... ANYTHING I CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT ON YOUR MINDS? HAHAHAHAHA
[MOTOXR] Jester Anything from HP?
[jojill] Jester are the bonds still moving
[Jester] MOTOXR DID NOT CATCH HER TODAY SORRY...
[LdyFaith] Jester,,,, were you able to confirm that last weeks update was 1 week off ?
[Jester] LdyFaith SINCE IT HAS BEEN ONE WEEK NOW I CAN CONFIRM THAT... ACTUALLY I DID THAT LAST NIGHT....
[MOTOXR] Then that is good news.
[LdyFaith] Jester,,, thank you
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