Commercial Bank Of Qatar (CBQ), which is buying a majority stake in Turkish lender Alternatifbank, has picked two banks for a potential bond sale to boost its core capital, sources said.
The sale of a capital-boosting bond, a rare move in the Gulf, would help assuage analysts' concerns over CBQ's capital position which have been exacerbated by its recent agreement to buy the controlling stake in Alternatifbank.
CBQ, the Gulf state's third-largest bank by market value, has hired Morgan Stanley Inc and Bank Of America Merrill Lynch for the issue of a Tier 1 bond, two sources familiar with the matter said, speaking on condition of anonymity as the matter is not public.
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