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As with other private placements from Africa, observers have questioned the merits of the format
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
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Helios Towers Africa emerged with pricing for a debut dollar deal on Wednesday after wrapping up an eight day global roadshow. -
The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank) has announced plans to meet investors this week ahead of a potential dollar bond market return.
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Confusion over two loans to Kenya, one of which was arranged by multilateral lender Trade and Development Bank (TDB), may have subsided as clarity over the structure of the deals emerged this week.
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Last year was a record in terms of number of downgrades of emerging market sovereigns, with another four added this year — Turkey, Mozambique, El Salvador and Costa Rica. But Société Générale on Friday became the latest firm to criticise the ratings agencies for their pessimism.
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Tunisia’s first Eurobond since 2005 demonstrated a firm show of support for a borrower which acknowledges it still has many issues to address – social, political and economic. But despite the deal’s success, Finance Minister Lamia Zribi said that Tunisia is keen to issue aid-backed bonds in future, in order to keep costs down.
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Fitch’s downgrade of Tunisia’s credit rating was based on out-of-date information and negatively impacted the sovereign’s recent Eurobond trade, Lamia Zribi, Tunisia’s finance minister told GlobalCapital.
