{"id":115607,"date":"2026-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/?p=115607"},"modified":"2026-06-08T05:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T05:44:00","slug":"gulf-equity-rebounds-ipo-delays-record-bonds-and-botswana-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/2026\/06\/08\/gulf-equity-rebounds-ipo-delays-record-bonds-and-botswana-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf equity rebounds, IPO delays, record bonds, and Botswana deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>We have a grab-bag of headlines to start your week<\/strong>, including a look ahead to what you might expect when markets reopen. With the workweek just starting in the UAE, much of what we have for you this morning is out of Saudi and Egypt. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>UP FIRST- What clears first when the fear premium lifts?<\/strong> The biggest question over Gulf equities isn\u2019t a deal \u2014 it\u2019s the day a US\u2013Iran pact lands and the risk premium starts to bleed out of valuations. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>We put that to Franklin Templeton\u2019s head of MENA equities, Salah Shamma, who sees <\/strong><strong>large, liquid, PIF-adjacent names moving first<\/strong> \u2014 think: banks and big consumer plays foreign money can get in and out of easily. Small- and mid-caps will lag until local confidence catches up. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>His more interesting call is the \u201cresilience spending\u201d trade:<\/strong> A pact, he argues, pulls forward years of capital into the things the war exposed as fragile \u2014 pipelines and routes that bypass Hormuz, alternative ports and overland links, and a step-up in cybersecurity for critical systems. It\u2019s government-led, defensive, and spread across the GCC rather than a straight bet on the crude price, which is what makes it steadier than the oil trade sitting next to it. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Two footnotes:<\/strong> Shamma expects the UAE to rebound harder in the near term (it fell further, and money rotated into Saudi during the conflict) \u2014 and he warns that when the IPO market returns, there\u2019s going to be a lot of fresh paper to absorb at once. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/08\/franklin-templetons-salah-shamma-on-what-a-us-iran-deal-would-mean-for-tadawul\/\" style=\"\">You can read the full interview here.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>MEANWHILE- The IPO pipeline coming out of Egypt\u2019s privatization program keeps <\/strong><strong>slipping<\/strong>, and you can thank the fallout from the war in the Gulf. The roadshow for the hotly anticipated <strong>Banque du Caire<\/strong> IPO will now run in September or October with a year-end float the target, past the original end-June deadline. Nobody wants to IPO in summertime. The regulatory and fair-value work is done and the prospectus sits with Banque Misr and the CBE, with EFG Hermes and CI Capital running the deal. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>In context: It\u2019s at least the third time this listing has been knocked off course<\/strong>, after a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/11\/17\/fra-approves-bdc-ipo-deadline-extension\/\" style=\"\">2022<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/11\/17\/fra-approves-bdc-ipo-deadline-extension\/\" style=\"\">attempt<\/a> died on the Ukraine shock and an earlier bid was stopped in its tracks by fallout from the global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Saudi\u2019s baby bourse has a big one in the wings.<\/strong> Car-auction platform <strong>Qemah<\/strong> is weighing an IPO of 30% on Nomu within two years at a hoped-for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asharqbusiness.com\/companies\/135489\/%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%86%D9%85%D9%88\/\" style=\"\">c. SAR 2 bn valuation<\/a> \u2014 which would put it among the largest names on a market whose entire cap is around SAR 40 bn. The app cleared 1 mn downloads in its first year and has run more than SAR 3 bn of auctions through it. It joins a Nomu queue that includes <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/01\/real-estate-developer-msga-is-heading-to-nomu\/\" style=\"\">MSGA<\/a><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/01\/real-estate-developer-msga-is-heading-to-nomu\/\" style=\"\">next week<\/a> and Mayar\u2019s <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/05\/05\/this-morning-ziorak-moves-towards-parallel-market-debut\/\" style=\"\">Ziorak<\/a><\/strong>, but the size is the reason to watch this one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>EFG Corp-Solutions has <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/6\/364.pdf\" style=\"\">closed<\/a><\/strong><strong> the biggest corporate bond in Egypt\u2019s history.<\/strong> The EGP 5.1 bn issuance doubles Corp-Solutions\u2019 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/05\/27\/efg-corp-solutions-closes-largest-corporate-bond-issuance-at-egp-2-65-bn\/\" style=\"\">EGP 2.65 bn deal from last year<\/a> and takes the leasing-and-factoring unit\u2019s cumulative debt-market issuance to EGP 16.7 bn, off a record EGP 5 bn quarter in net financed asset sales (up 125% y-o-y). <strong>EFG Hermes<\/strong> was sole arranger and bookrunner and <strong>Bank NXT<\/strong> was placement agent. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Morocco\u2019s OCP is going to the domestic market for a MAD 5 bn (c. USD 540 mn) <\/strong><strong>subordinated bond.<\/strong> The state phosphate and fertilizer giant is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoworldnews.com\/2026\/06\/315745\/ocp-moves-to-raise-mad-5-billion-to-accelerate-green-industrial-transformation\/\" style=\"\">raising the debt<\/a> to fund its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocpgroup.ma\/en\/our-sustainability-commitments\/investment-plan\" style=\"\">2027\u20132030 investment cycle<\/a> \u2014 nearly tripling renewables capacity to 14.3 GW and lifting phosphate rock and fertilizer output by about 40% each, with a new mine at Meskala, an industrial complex at Mzinda, and a green ammonia plant at Tarfaya in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>We have two stories for you this morning out of Botswana<\/strong> \u2014 not a country that often makes headlines in MENA+. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>#1- Botswana wants more of its own diamonds \u2014 and it\u2019s looking to the Gulf to pay for it.<\/strong> With <strong>Anglo American<\/strong> shortlisting buyers for its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-05\/diamond-rich-botswana-courts-uae-oman-to-acquire-de-beers-stake\" style=\"\">85% of De Beers<\/a>, Gaborone is in talks with the UAE and Oman to back its bid for a bigger \u201cstrategic stake\u201d in the world\u2019s top rough-diamond producer. A foothold upstream may make sense for Abu Dhabi, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/01\/26\/deep-pocketed-customers-and-buoyant-economy-make-uae-jewelry-hub\/\" style=\"\">now a fast-growing fine-jewelry hub<\/a> as luxury demand cools in the US and China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>#2- <\/strong>Dubai\u2019s <strong>Albaddad<\/strong> will fund a USD 1.9 bn urban development in Botswana \u2014 among the country\u2019s largest-ever \u2014 putting up all the capital while state-owned <strong>BDC<\/strong> supplies the land and takes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Official_UDC_Bw\/status\/2062807666179580379?s=20\" style=\"\">5%, rising to 26% over time<\/a>. The 124k sqm New Botswana City runs to a trade-and-exhibition center, offices, retail, housing and five hotels, with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/duma_boko\/status\/2062906477342286208?s=20\" style=\"\">World Trade Center already underway<\/a>. It\u2019s the same type of playbook Emirati developers have run from Ras El Hekma in Egypt to Eagle Hills in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Speaking of real estate: PIF and Egypt\u2019s Talaat Moustafa Group have signed an MoU<\/strong> \u2014 non-binding, but worth noting \u2014 to explore mixed-use real estate across the fund\u2019s Saudi developments, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pif.gov.sa\/en\/news-and-insights\/press-releases\/2026\/pif-and-talaat-moustafa-group-saudi-sign-mou-to-collaborate-in-saudi-urban-development-and-livability-ecosystem\/\" style=\"\">PIF said in a statement<\/a>. The idea is to pair PIF\u2019s capital and land with TMG\u2019s record on integrated communities, with room for co-investors in later phases. It deepens a relationship that already includes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/03\/06\/pif-wants-to-boost-its-investment-in-bahrain-plus-ma-manufacturing-and-real-estate\/\" style=\"\">Banan, TMG\u2019s first project outside Egypt<\/a> and a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/05\/31\/tmg-and-pif-owned-sela-form-an-entertainment-jv-in-egypt\/\" style=\"\">Sela-TMG entertainment JV back home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Saudi Arabia and Russia are targeting <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asharqbusiness.com\/videos\/135247\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-5-%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA\/\" style=\"\">USD 1.46 bn of Russian investment over five years<\/a><\/strong> <strong> in industrial projects and JVs<\/strong>, with bilateral trade projected to climb to USD 12 bn from USD 3.9 bn, the Saudi-Russian Business Council\u2019s chair said at the St. Petersburg forum, where the sides <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okaz.com.sa\/economy\/na\/2251284\" style=\"\">signed 30 agreements<\/a> spanning energy, industry, tourism and education. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Who wants what:<\/strong> Russia wants Gulf channels that route around Western sanctions, and the Kingdom wants Russian industrial know-how for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2646068\/business-economy\" style=\"\">mining-and-manufacturing base it\u2019s building as a second pillar to oil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">ALSO WORTH KNOWING TODAY-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Egypt is close to its third Samurai bond.<\/strong> The USD 500 mn-equivalent issuance is in \u201cthe final steps,\u201d Foreign Minister Badr Abdelaty says, with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/12\/17\/afdb-signs-on-as-finmin-readies-international-debt-blitz\/\" style=\"\">African Development Bank guaranteeing part of it<\/a> and proceeds earmarked for green projects. It slots into a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2026\/05\/21\/govt-hikes-international-bond-program-to-usd-40-bn\/\" style=\"\">bond program just lifted to USD 40 bn<\/a>, with USD 3-4 bn of issuance targeted next FY.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Paramount<\/strong>\u2019s USD 110 bn, Gulf-backed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-06\/paramount-open-to-divest-kids-tv-assets-in-eu-probe-of-110-billion-warner-deal?embedded-checkout=true\" style=\"\">takeover of<\/a> <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-06\/paramount-open-to-divest-kids-tv-assets-in-eu-probe-of-110-billion-warner-deal?embedded-checkout=true\" style=\"\">Warner Bros. Discovery<\/a><\/strong> is now under an EU competition probe over its USD 24 bn of PIF, Abu Dhabi (L\u2019Imad) and Qatar Investment Authority financing, with Brussels weighing a forced sale of children\u2019s-TV assets and a 7 July deadline to decide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Lunate<\/strong>, the Abu Dhabi manager that pioneered the Gulf\u2019s ETF market, will list what it calls the first shariah-compliant GCC dividend ETF on ADX on 23 June \u2014 its 20th ETF on the exchange, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lunate.com\/en\/news-insights\/announcements\/lunate-launches-gcc-shariah-dividend-etf\/\" style=\"\">tracking dividend payers across the UAE, Saudi and Qatar<\/a>. It follows the firm\u2019s move to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/01\/16\/this-morning-adnoc-eyes-venezuelan-oil-national-bank-of-canada-sets-up-shop-in-dubai\/\" style=\"\">list UCITS ETFs on Deutsche B\u00f6rse Xetra<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\"> Market Snapshot<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Tadawul<\/strong> -0.6% \u2022 <strong>ADX<\/strong> 0.3% \u2022 <strong>DFM<\/strong> 0.9% \u2022 <strong>EGX30<\/strong> -0.9%<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">Brent USD 96.35 \/ bbl \u2022 Gold USD 4,365 \/ oz \u2022 USD \/ SAR 3.75 \u2022 USD \/ EGP 51.89<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Paramount is under scrutiny in 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