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Even if ceasefire succeeds, investors will still want a risk premium
Demand allowed the bank to cut the yield by 35bp
The country offers huge potential and possible pitfalls for investors
A piece of very rare African senior bank issuance could also come this week
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Nigeria is set for a busy run of syndicated loans, with bankers saying there could be at least six deals before the end of the year and that two of those – for IHS and Helios Towers – could be up to $1bn each. But while loans officials are optimistic about African lending and Nigeria in particular, analysts suggested there could be a rush to beat the storm clouds gathering over the country’s economy in 2015.
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The African loan market is awash with bank and financial company business, with two firms from different countries circling for financing, while one has already landed a deal.
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Sukuk is breaking free of regional boundaries to become an increasingly global market, senior IMF economists have told IFIS. Concentration risk is still one the biggest challenges for the growing market, but they expect the clear benefits of issuing sukuk bring more and more new issuers into the fold. -
Some European and US investors are beginning to reconsider their involvement in Africa as a result of the spread of the Ebola virus, but local market specialists warned this week against a panic reaction to the epidemic, writes Olivier Holmey.
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The sharp selloff in emerging market bonds caused by the severe volatility in US Treasuries on Wednesday hit Africa bond markets the hardest. A perfect storm engulfed the continent’s bond trading — EM investors alarmed by the Treasuries move, falling oil prices and fears over Ebola smashed any remaining resolve among investors in African bonds.
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Good environment, social and corporate governance practices are moving from a bonus for investors to a commercial necessity, which is likely to add extra challenges for investors and issuers in Africa.
