Russian Bank for Development has floated a debut issue of Eurobonds worth USD170m, whereas initially it had claimed a loan worth USD150m, the bank's press service has reported. The maturity date of the bonds is due in three years, and the coupon rate has been fixed at 6.5 percent. Barclays Capital acted as the issue's lead manager. Placement was preceded by the bank's road show in Asia (Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore) and Europe (Switzerland, Germany Greece and Great Britain), when the bank's representatives held 62 meetings with potential foreign investors.
Investors' bids exceeded the issue's initially planned volume and equaled USD400m. 72 financial institutions, including leading foreign banks, assets management funds, pension funds etc took part in the floatation. The bank's liabilities enjoyed the greatest demand (around 50 percent of the total order volume) in Great Britain and Switzerland.
The bank is proposing to use the funds raised for investment projects in Russia's priority economic sectors, for infrastructure project financing above all.
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