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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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BMW Finance is set to return to the South African auto loan securitization shelf it set up with Standard Bank in 2011 after having a dual tranche transaction rated by Moody’s.
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South Africa’s Standard Bank is in the market with a $375m three year loan as it looks to refinance debt in smaller size and tighter levels.
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Ecobank Nigeria has priced its $200m seven year non-call five deal at a yield of 9% with a large tightening in price guidance, brushing aside sceptics who said printing a note this week would be challenging.
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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.