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Huge geographical range of credits now on offer
The subordinated debt premium was smaller than that offered by some other EM hybrid issuers
At London investor day, supranational reveals deals and plans for new funding and investments, including fully African project financing
The company is the only corporate issuer in North Africa, making it popular for investors
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  • 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.