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The familiar problem of inter-creditor opacity has also reappeared
Company in 'no doubt' a public trade would have delivered better pricing
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
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Barclays made a convincing start to its plan of reducing its stake in Barclays Africa on Wednesday night, with a successful block trade that netted $4bn of demand from what bankers on it said was a very high quality group of institutions.
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A consortium including Bob Diamond’s Atlas Merchant Capital is still pursuing a potential bid for Barclays Africa, even after Barclays sold a 12% stake in it in a block trade on Wednesday night, and a senior regulator said a private equity bid would not be welcome.
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Investors are running to Daddy over Mozambique’s debt position. In this case, Daddy is the IMF, which is being asked to report the state of play in the country’s debt. But the IMF is right not to want any involvement. This is a risk for investors to handle.
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Barclays has this evening executed a R13bn ($900m) accelerated bookbuild in shares of Barclays Africa Group, its separately listed South African subsidiary, as the first stage in its already announced plan to divest the bank. The trade was covered in 35 minutes and multiple times oversubscribed.
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The IMF has confirmed to GlobalCapital that neither Mozambique’s Standby Credit Facility (SCF) nor the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) have been cancelled, as had been misreported by several news outlets. But bondholders are still calling for clarity over Mozambique's external debt. -
ICBC Standard Bank has hired a head of corporate and bank sales, with additional responsibility for financing solutions.
