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New government is seeking an IMF deal, which will likely require a debt rework
Paying off external arrears will help get an IMF deal over the line
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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. -
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Fitch’s downgrade of Tunisia’s credit rating was based on out-of-date information and negatively impacted the sovereign’s recent Eurobond trade, Lamia Zribi, Tunisia’s finance minister told GlobalCapital.
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Even heavy indications from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen the central bank will raise interest rates at its next meeting were not enough to derail the strong primary market in emerging market bonds.
