Africa

Australian potash company Danakali will raise a $200m credit facility from lenders in Africa. The syndicated facility will go towards funding the planned Colluli potash project in Eritrea.

In an otherwise barren summer week for equity block trades in Europe, UBS led the sale on Thursday night of R1.4bn ($95.4m) of stock in Mondi, the Anglo-South African paper and packaging company, on behalf of a group of shareholders left out of a recent reorganisation of Mondi’s listing.

BNP Paribas hires UK advisory head — Créd Ag’s credit unit chief moves to markets role — AIIB hires ICBC loan syndicator.

The quality of debt management in Africa needs to be strengthened, the World Bank has warned, while the International Monetary Fund suggested that countries stop encouraging banks to hold government securities.

Sibanthracite to switch loan from dollars to euros — IGT cuts size, stretches tenor of bank debt — Keywords hits power up on revolver — Resolute turns to lenders to refi M&A debt — Future taps revolver for Smartbrief buy — Fraport enters the Schuldschein market for more

Renaissance Capital has hired Funeka Beja-Maseko as a retail analyst at director level, and Andrew Nkumbula as a vice-president for investment banking. Both are based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Fitch downgraded its credit outlook of deeply-troubled South Africa on Friday, but loan bankers, both in and outside the country, are confident that a lack of primary EM supply and an established banking sector will keep margins tight and lenders attracted. At least for now.

An expected return of Brexit volatility means that there are likely to be fewer UK firms doing IPOs in the fourth quarter of the year, but London will continue to host high profile international listings to make up the shortfall.

Impala Platinum Holdings, the South African platinum mining company this week completed a tender offer to convert its 2.25% June 2022 $250m convertible bonds into stock, with a high near full acceptance rate from bond holders.

Libya has paid in capital to become a shareholder in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in a move that extends the development lender’s reach across the region.

Asset managers are looking to the emerging markets as a hedge against a slowdown in the US and Europe.

Harmony Gold, a South African gold mining company, is in the market to raise $400m to refinance existing debt. The deal is being led by domestic lenders Absa Bank and Nedbank, according to bankers.