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◆ Why emerging market issuers are doing less in dollars ◆ Republic of Congo located between rock and hard place ◆ The GlobalCapital Podcast was brought to you by the numbers 17, 100 and the whole Alphabet
The yield was ultra high but Congo had little room to manoeuvre
Benin showed Islamic issuance is a viable market for sub-Saharan African sovereigns
Observers have questioned why the country is issuing debt at this price
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Helios Towers Africa (HTA) saw its debut dollar bond more than three times oversubscribed on Wednesday as investors jumped at the chance to take in paper yielding more than 9%. -
Helios Towers Africa emerged with pricing for a debut dollar deal on Wednesday after wrapping up an eight day global roadshow.
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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.
