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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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Sukuk issuance has passed last year’s first half total after a busy second quarter compensated for a slow start to the year. The volumes were aided by a rare international perpetual sukuk from Al Hilal and the United Kingdom government’s debut deal, both placed in the last week before Ramadan. -
South Africa has picked three banks to lead manage a foreign currency bond. The deal comes with the sovereign's existing dollar bonds trading wider despite the end of a long-running mining strike and with the ailing economy showing little sign of improvement, said emerging market analysts.
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The Republic of South Africa remains determined to issue a debut sovereign sukuk, despite delays to the plan, economic problems and its decision to mandate banks for a conventional foreign currency bond.
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Nigerian telecom company Helios Towers is meeting potential buyers across Nigeria and Europe this week ahead of an inaugural $225m bond deal. The borrower is targeting a dollar bond and starts investor meetings on Tuesday, while at least two other Nigerian corporates are planning debuts of their own.
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Tunisia has upgraded its local currency sukuk plans this summer and instead will begin preliminary meetings with international investors at the end of August to discuss a debut sovereign dollar deal.
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Senegal has picked Citi, Société Générale and Standard Bank for its third trip to the bond market, adding itself to the confirmed African sovereign pipeline alongside Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.
