Qatar's sovereign wealth fund is in advanced talks with Russia's second-largest bank VTB about injecting between $3 billion and $3.5 billion into the banking giant, the Telegraph reported.
VTB will likely issue the Qataris with $1.5 billion of new equity and $1.5 billion of mandatory convertible bonds under the structure of the deal, the daily said citing sources.
The deal may be announced by next week, the paper said.
Bankers from Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are thought to be working with VTB on the capital raising, according to the Telegraph.
Read more: http://www.gulfbase.com/news/qatar-may-invest-3-5bn-in-russia-s-vtb/229262
No comments:
Post a Comment