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INVESTORS INTERESTED IN ARMENIAN DEBT SECURITIES, COUNTRY MAY ATTRACT $2-3BLN: EXPERT
YEREVAN, October 25. /ARKA/. The first issue of Armenia's Eurobonds
showed investors are interested in the country's debt securities and
Armenia may attract another $2-3 billion fr om this market, head of
investment and banking operations at Ameriabank Arno Mosikyan said.
On September 19 Armenia issued its first Eurobonds worth $700
million with redemption period of 7 years and yield of 6%. The main
underwriters of the issue were Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC
Bank plc and J.P.Morgan Securities plc. According to the country's
ministry of finance, the demand for the first dollar bonds exceeded
$3 billion threshold the first days after the placement.
The decision to step on the Eurobond market was right and may help
increase efficiency of state finance management, Mosikyan said in
his interview to ARKA.
Yet, the yield may be affected by some factors, such as geopolitical
developments that were not properly planned in informational terms,
he said.
Mosikyan said quite many basic points could be saved in case of a
better media planning and more transparent selection of underwriters
and leadmanagers for the issue.
Anyway, the fact that Armenia appeared on the international loan
capital market may increase global financial community's awareness
of the country and increase the chances of investors considering the
country for other investments as well, he said.
Yet, the bonds will have a tangible effect on the financial sector,
Mosikyan said. Having placed the Eurobonds, the government set a lower
limit for corporate issuers, including banks and credit organizations
that attract securities from global loan capital market, he said
adding the lower will be the yield of Armenia's sovereign bonds,
the lower will be interest rates the banks attract funds and lend at.
Mosikyan stressed the funds attracted by the government should be
used efficiently, i.e. in the projects with its return higher that
the interest rate of the loan.
"But if we trap this money in projects like asphalt works on the city
streets, then we will drive ourselves into such a debtor's prison wh
ere there will be only one way out - default and loss of sovereignty",
the expert said. -0--
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From: Baghdasarian
YEREVAN, October 25. /ARKA/. The first issue of Armenia's Eurobonds
showed investors are interested in the country's debt securities and
Armenia may attract another $2-3 billion fr om this market, head of
investment and banking operations at Ameriabank Arno Mosikyan said.
On September 19 Armenia issued its first Eurobonds worth $700
million with redemption period of 7 years and yield of 6%. The main
underwriters of the issue were Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC
Bank plc and J.P.Morgan Securities plc. According to the country's
ministry of finance, the demand for the first dollar bonds exceeded
$3 billion threshold the first days after the placement.
The decision to step on the Eurobond market was right and may help
increase efficiency of state finance management, Mosikyan said in
his interview to ARKA.
Yet, the yield may be affected by some factors, such as geopolitical
developments that were not properly planned in informational terms,
he said.
Mosikyan said quite many basic points could be saved in case of a
better media planning and more transparent selection of underwriters
and leadmanagers for the issue.
Anyway, the fact that Armenia appeared on the international loan
capital market may increase global financial community's awareness
of the country and increase the chances of investors considering the
country for other investments as well, he said.
Yet, the bonds will have a tangible effect on the financial sector,
Mosikyan said. Having placed the Eurobonds, the government set a lower
limit for corporate issuers, including banks and credit organizations
that attract securities from global loan capital market, he said
adding the lower will be the yield of Armenia's sovereign bonds,
the lower will be interest rates the banks attract funds and lend at.
Mosikyan stressed the funds attracted by the government should be
used efficiently, i.e. in the projects with its return higher that
the interest rate of the loan.
"But if we trap this money in projects like asphalt works on the city
streets, then we will drive ourselves into such a debtor's prison wh
ere there will be only one way out - default and loss of sovereignty",
the expert said. -0--
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/business/investors_interested_in_armenian_debt_securities_c ountry_may_attract_2_3bln_expert/#sthash.iY5juRCN.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian