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◆ Why emerging market issuers are doing less in dollars ◆ Republic of Congo located between rock and hard place ◆ The GlobalCapital Podcast was brought to you by the numbers 17, 100 and the whole Alphabet
The yield was ultra high but Congo had little room to manoeuvre
Benin showed Islamic issuance is a viable market for sub-Saharan African sovereigns
Observers have questioned why the country is issuing debt at this price
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South African furniture retailer Steinhoff International has completed an R18.2bn capital raise, issuing 350m new shares as it repatriates capital ahead of its planned Frankfurt listing.
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Shares of African Bank Investments (Abil), South Africa's biggest unsecured lender, plunged this week as the bank unveiled a need for at least $790m of new capital, despite a recent rights issue, because of losses and writedowns.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association on Wednesday delayed its ruling on whether $900m of credit default swaps relating to Banco Espírito Santo would transfer to the newly created Novo Banco, or remain in the rump bad bank. While chances of recovery of sub debt investments seem slim, BES’s creditors may be able to take some solace from the apparent transfer of loans to BES Angola to bridge bank Banco Novo.
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Shares of African Bank Investments, South Africa's biggest unsecured lender, plunged this week as the bank unveiled a need for at least $790m of new capital, despite a recent rights issue, because of losses and writedowns. -
Ecobank Nigeria has priced its $200m seven year non-call five deal at a yield of 9% with a large tightening in price guidance that seemed to brush aside critics who said printing a note this week would be challenging. But the note was sold with a size that several syndicate officials away from the deal said was smaller than the “benchmark” size originally advertised.
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South Africa headquartered Econet Wireless Global has closed a $150m financing facility with Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).
