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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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  • Ivory Coast was on track with its dual tranche dollar and euro offering with the latter drawing plenty of attention from market commentators who referred to the pricing on offer as “insane.”
  • South Africa's Sibanye Gold has mandated banks for a $1bn bond offering which will be used to refinance part of a bridge loan used to acquire Stillwater Mining Company.
  • Tensions in the GCC are rattling the buyside as both bank and non-bank investors wait for clarity over how the rift between Qatar and other regional states will develop. In the broader CEEMEA debt market, investors are eyeing Turkey’s new euro trade as an opportunity to find some juice in the low yield environment, and anticipating the dual tranche offering from Côte d’Ivoire on Thursday.
  • Afreximbank has closed its largest ever syndicated loan at $1.2bn with 35 banks, its second facility of the year, after a Samurai in April.
  • After closing its largest ever loan African Export-Import Bank has named banks for a dollar bond of up to seven years.
  • Investor appetite for yield and renewed confidence in the Nigerian financial sector helped United Bank for Africa (UBA) size an inaugural dollar bond at the top end of the target range on Thursday.