Zambia’s government came under intense scrutiny this week as investors continued to push for clarity on the country’s growing debt stack during a call held on Wednesday (29 May).

Ukrainian bonds have had a roller-coaster week so far but have recovered to levels above last Friday’s (24 May) close, following supportive comments from President Volodymyr Zelensky’s team and a global investor call held by the country’s ministry of finance on 29 May, according to an analyst and a trader.

The Government  of Belarus could issue a Russian ruble-denominated bond in the next two months, according to a source at the country’s Ministry of Finance.

A block of Istanbul’s Third Bosphorus Bridge project loan is set to swap hands, as local lender Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (Garanti) is selling a portion of its exposure to another Turkey-based bank, said two sources familiar with the situation.

APAC Chart of the Week: 29 March 2019

As Ukraine’s tightly contested presidential race enters its last stretch this week, policy uncertainty is expected to dominate until a very likely second round of elections in April, if not until the October parliamentary polls, market participants told Debtwire. This uncertainty spells bad news for a country reliant on external funding to make USD 20bn in sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt repayments between 2019 and 2021, they said.