Africa Bonds
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It is a fine testament to the growing stature of the Islamic finance market that various novel borrowers are pressing ahead with plans to issue international sukuk for the first time — the likes of Hong Kong, Luxembourg and Dogus Group among them. But with so many debut deals revving up to join an autumnal convoy, those that can beat the traffic are advised to do so.
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Investors and analysts are predicting strong demand for Helios Towers Nigeria’s debut dollar deal based on informal price thoughts of an 8% yield that they said sole lead Bank of America Merrill Lynch provided them with. The bookrunner denied that any pricing indications had been communicated to investors. -
Eaglestone Asset Management has appointed Jussi Savukoski to head its new private equity fund devoted to investments in sub-Saharan Africa.
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South Africa has picked three banks to lead manage a foreign currency bond while Nigerian duo Helios Towers and First City Monument Bank are on the road ahead of debut dollar deals, promising a healthy pipeline of African supply.
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Sukuk issuance has passed last year’s first half total after a busy second quarter compensated for a slow start to the year. The volumes were aided by a rare international perpetual sukuk from Al Hilal and the United Kingdom government’s debut deal, both placed in the last week before Ramadan.
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South Africa has picked three banks to lead manage a foreign currency bond. The deal comes with the sovereign's existing dollar bonds trading wider despite the end of a long-running mining strike and with the ailing economy showing little sign of improvement, said emerging market analysts.
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The Republic of South Africa remains determined to issue a debut sovereign sukuk, despite delays to the plan, economic problems and its decision to mandate banks for a conventional foreign currency bond.
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Nigerian telecom company Helios Towers is meeting potential buyers across Nigeria and Europe this week ahead of an inaugural $225m bond deal. The borrower is targeting a dollar bond and starts investor meetings on Tuesday, while at least two other Nigerian corporates are planning debuts of their own.
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Tunisia has upgraded its local currency sukuk plans this summer and instead will begin preliminary meetings with international investors at the end of August to discuss a debut sovereign dollar deal.
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Senegal has picked Citi, Société Générale and Standard Bank for its third trip to the bond market, adding itself to the confirmed African sovereign pipeline alongside Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.
