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Benin reaped the rewards of its sukuk debut last week, and will do so for years to come
Speed possible in the private placement market proves attractive, even if the issuer may pay a bit more for it
Gulf investors 'will now look at every deal', whether sukuk or not
Demand from the Middle East for the sukuk was steady
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Seven years after first being mooted, draft Moroccan covered bond legislation is expected to emerge in the first half of next year, when it could be followed by supply. Fitch Ratings believes covered bonds will spur retail mortgage lending and will have a positive credit impact on banks. -
Not one to mince its words, Republic of Congo has said it "vigorously contests" S&P's decision to downgrade its foreign currency issuer rating to CCC on Friday.
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Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement (BOAD), the West African regional development bank, has made plans for a follow-up trade to its dollar debut last year and South Africa’s Steinhoff has prepared a 7.5 year euro denominated note.
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Loan bankers in South Africa are pining for more deals, to curb the compression of margins as the ranks of lenders to the region are swelled by money from the Middle East and Asia.
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Mozambique’s debt crisis is the latest financial market hot potato to be passed around by its stakeholders with a series of statements that would not look out of place in an election campaign. But with the IMF in the country and Mozambique’s future ability to pay looking ever more likely, it is time to reach an agreement, restructure and move on.
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Bankers were calling the end of the dream run in emerging market bonds on Friday after Liquid Telecom was unable to tighten pricing or meet the $600m size target for its debut note on Thursday.
