孟加拉国政府一位高级官员表示，该国正准备在未来三个月内通过首次外币主权债券发售筹集5亿至10亿美元。
By Arun Devnath Bangladesh is preparing to raise between $500 million and $1 billion through its maiden foreign-currency sovereign bond sale within the next three months, a senior government official said.
总理投资与资本市场事务特别助理坦维尔·沙赫里亚尔·加尼在周六晚间的采访中表示，摩根大通将负责管理此次发行。债券发售计划需要总理塔里克·拉赫曼的最终批准。
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is slated to manage the upcoming issue, Tanvir Shahriar Ghani, special assistant to the prime minister for investment and capital market affairs, said in an interview on Saturday night. The bond sale plan needs final approval from Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
此次债券发售之际，发展中国家正应对美联储近期加息后全球借贷成本上升的局面。加尼表示，这一背景正在影响达卡的定价方式。加尼领导着政府的债券发行委员会。
The debt sale comes as developing nations navigate higher global borrowing costs following recent rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve. That backdrop is shaping how Dhaka approaches pricing, said Ghani, who heads the government’s bond issuance committee.
“利率已上升25个基点，这将对新兴市场利率产生影响。我们将谨慎对待定价，并在此基础上推进，”他说。
“The interest rates have gone up by 25 basis points, which will have an impact on emerging market rates. We are just going to be cautious about what the pricing is, and based on that we will proceed,” he said.
据加尼称，政府在平衡融资需求的同时，仍“对资本成本保持敏感”。
While the government is balancing its financing needs, it remains “sensitive to the cost of capital,” according to Ghani.
上周在欧洲与机构投资者进行非正式会晤后，对该国首次全球债券发行的兴趣似乎强劲。
Appetite for the country’s debut global debt offering appears robust following unofficial meetings with institutional investors in Europe last week.
“主权债券的兴趣水平极高，”加尼说，并补充称政府随后在纽约的接触也严格专注于机构投资者。
“The interest level is extremely high for sovereign bonds,” Ghani said, adding that the government’s subsequent engagements in New York were also strictly focused on institutional investors.
加尼拒绝透露有关交易结构的更多细节，称该交易存在某些必须“认真”对待的“法律问题”。孟加拉国央行最初于2012年提出向外国投资者发行债券的想法，政府后来重新审视，但从未实现。
Ghani declined to share further specifics regarding the transaction structure, saying that there are certain “legal issues” surrounding the deal that must be taken “seriously.” Bangladesh’s central bank had first floated the idea of issuing debt to foreign investors in 2012 and the government revisited it later but it never materialized.