Issuer: Eesti Uhispank (Union Bank of Estonia)
Amount: Dm350 million
Programme launched: June 2 1997
Arranger: Chase Manhattan
When the Asian currency crisis spilled over into the rest of the world's emerging markets, bankers agreed on one thing: borrowers from many regions could forget about new Eurobond issues for the rest of the year.
Europe's Baltic states were badly hit. In Estonia, the leader of the Baltic pack, the Tallinn Stock Exchange lost more than 40% of its value between the end of August and the beginning of November. Debut Eurobonds from leading financial institutions Hansabank and Hoiupank were put on hold.
Calm sits in the eye of a storm. And in the middle of the Baltic maelstrom, Eesti Uhispank - Union Bank of Estonia (UBE) - quietly went out and issued over $100 million of privately placed Euro-MTNs.
Few can now doubt the wisdom of the bank's decision to set up...
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