This morning (30 January), Sberbank and Emirates NBD confirmed that they are holding preliminary talks on the potential sale of Sberbank’s Turkish unit, Denizbank. We believe that the sanctions may call for the end of the expansion out of Russia’s hinterland, and it could make sense to exit Deniz at a reasonable price. On a ballpark basis, we calculate that the acquisition could add 60-100bps to Sber's CET1 ratio. There has been no decision made on the sale or sale proceeds; however, we beli...
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Market performance –Turkish index the regional top performer in December. The MSCI EME gained +3.7% mom in EUR terms in December. The largest rate of return for December was realised by the Turkish ISE30 (+13.9% mom), followed by the Athens Stock Exchange index (+8.4% mom), the Polish WIG20 (+2.9%), the Hungarian BUX (+2.6%), the Czech PX index (+1.6% mom) and the Russian MIXEX (+0.8% mom), while the Romanian BET index lost 1%. Only utilities in negative territory for December. Industrials wa...
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