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Investors and bankers last week called the end of African sovereign private placements, citing the hiccups of Angola, Tanzania and Mozambique. But all three of these bonds have proved good purchases for investors, and it is hard to see when African issuers will start turning down easy money.
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You would think that a role in Saudi Arabia’s first loan in over two decades would be the golden ticket for any bank, but it’s not to everyone’s taste.
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The Italian government and Banca Popolare di Bari’s board are proud that work has begun on dealing with the country’s non-performing loans (NPLs) problem, only six weeks after the new guarantee scheme was signed into law. But the hard parts are still to come.
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The recent disclosure by Wikileaks of a conversation between three senior directors at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised the uncomfortable topic of the Greek debt crisis, which shows few signs of abating. The conversations suggested political tensions in the European Union will get worse, not better.
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When Mozambique was forced to disclose a near $800m bilateral agreement part way through the exchange offer for Ematum bonds, investors were angry. But even with that last hiccup, they’ve been gifted a bargain.
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Much of the UK media just cannot leave the prospect of an uncovered — or, to use the common but incorrect parlance, “failed” — sovereign debt auction alone. Even when the UK Debt Management Office introduces a new mechanism to improve price discovery, stories are littered with references to boosting demand.