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  • After a turbulent summer, South Africa swept in for its biggest ever bond issue on Thursday, taking $3bn with a dual tranche 12 and 30 year bond. The deal was a yield hunters dream and proved that investors are willing to put aside concerns of an impending downgrade, and political infighting, for a decent return.
  • GlaxoSmithKline disposed of its remaining 6.2% stake in Aspen Pharmacare, one of Africa’s largest pharmaceuticals companies, through an accelerated book build launched on Wednesday evening in a deal that was said to be comfortably oversubscribed after a wall-crossing process.
  • South Africa has opened books on a dual tranche 2028 and 2046 dollar bond after a turbulent summer and while the generous starting price is likely to generate momentum in the book, fears of a downgrade overhang the transaction with one investor telling GlobalCapital he saw better value elsewhere.
  • Steinhoff, the South African retail group, has completed a €2.45bn capital increase supported by one of South Africa’s richest men, Christoffel Wiese, and the Public Investment corp, of which €556m was raised through an accelerated bookbuild which ended up being nearly four times oversubscribed.
  • Ghana Coco Board (Cocobod), which oversees the processing and marketing of cocoa in the African country, has named the 23 international lenders providing its yearly loan of $1.8bn.
  • The cheerful and businesslike mood in European equity capital markets, despite clear risks of volatility in the offing, was highlighted again today by the launch of a €2.5bn capital raising by Steinhoff, the South African retail group.