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Simbah Mutasa and Sjoerd Van Hooijdonk step up from regional leadership roles
New government is seeking an IMF deal, which will likely require a debt rework
Paying off external arrears will help get an IMF deal over the line
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Multiplex cinema chain Cineworld is betting on rapid expansion as it pours more billions into another North American acquisition. Cineworld, which is among the most shorted companies in the UK, plans to acquire Canadian competitor Cineplex in a $2.1bn deal financed by debt. This plan comes nine months after it made a $3.6bn acquisition in the US. -
Investec has entered the loan market for the third time this year, taking a $450m two year term loan from a range of international lenders.
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Renaissance Capital has added to its Nigerian investment banking team. The Russian bank continues to expand its offering on the African continent.
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European finance ministers are not keen on setting up a new development bank from scratch. They will instead start technical work on how to better streamline the operations outside the EU of the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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Brait, the troubled South African investment company, managed to issue a £150m five year convertible bond on Wednesday, an essential piece of its restructuring plan, which includes a new strategy, a recapitalisation, including a rights issue, to repay debt and the sale of two UK assets.
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International lenders and the Loan Market Association (LMA) are worried about emerging markets’ nonchalance towards the end of Libor in 2021. Fears are mounting that local lenders, in particular, those in Africa, will be “hit by a juggernaut” when the benchmark rate is discontinued, writes Mariam Meskin.
