Thursday, 4 April 2019

Aramco treads carefully on #Saudi ties as it markets debut bond | Reuters

Aramco treads carefully on Saudi ties as it markets debut bond | Reuters:

For Saudi Aramco and its advisers, a debut international debt issue that could raise well over $10 billion presents a key challenge - how to forge an identity as a state-owned major while in the same league as the likes of Exxon Mobil and Shell.

At stake is the likely multi-million dollar difference in interest payments over coming years between its standing as an independent international corporate and one tied closely to the host kingdom whose oil it ships to global markets.

Having said in January it was planning its first ever international debt issue, Aramco has been meeting with investors in Asia, Europe and the United States to promote the bonds. It hasn’t commented on what was said during the sessions.

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