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ECA-backed deal comes after AFC raises $2bn to fund infrastructure development
Five year bond set to be priced much tighter than the development bank's last senior issue
Investors were eager to tender their bonds despite initial resistance
Inclusion of a variable rate instrument was not acceptable to official creditors
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Stanbic IBTC, the subsidiary of Standard Bank also known as Stanbic Nigeria, signed its debut syndicated loan on Wednesday with a mostly Middle Eastern syndicate. -
Lonmin's $407m rescue rights issue passed its first hurdle on Thursday (November 19), when shareholders voted strongly to approve the deal. Lonmin's shares fell 2.6%, but that was mild by recent standards.
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Kenya is offering to pay a margin 45bp higher than on its last loan, signed in 2012, as it syndicates a new $600m two year financing. The loan is drumming up strong interest.
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FirstRand Bank was due to complete a $225m loan this week and bankers predict that more South African banks will come to the market regularly with smaller deals.
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The Republic of Cameroon’s $750m 9.75% amortising dollar 2025s were bid around a point lower than reoffer on Monday morning, as lead managers Société Générale and Standard Chartered Bank released book statistics for the trade.
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The Republic of Cameroon reverted to launching its bond at a yield of 9.75% on Thursday — in line with initial price talk but at the wide end of the updated pricing range — in order to secure a larger deal than was on the table at the tightened level.
