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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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Despite Egypt’s rejection of political Islam last year, Islamic banking in the country is set to accelerate, say bankers. Seizing the opportunity to help those most affected by Egypt’s struggling economy will bring a doubling of Islamic banking assets over the next two years, they predict.
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Standard Chartered has priced a currency basket to provide exposure to the so-called MINT countries of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey.
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The burgeoning green bond sector took two important strides this week, as the European Investment Bank increased an outstanding deal to the largest volume on record and the African Development Bank entered the Scandinavian capital markets for the first time with its second ever green bond. -
In 2014, emerging market bankers will be chasing after bigger mandates, but fewer of them if this year’s numbers are anything to go by. The average size of an emerging market bond in the first weeks of this year has leapt skywards compared to previous years while the number of deals priced has plummeted, according to Dealogic data. But DCM officials say they see little real change in the way deals are pitched or sold as a result of that new strategy.
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Real money and hedge funds are showing interest in total return credit linked notes linked to Ugandan onshore bonds, according to Gillian Gordon, director of structuring, financial markets at Standard Chartered in London.
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Renaissance Capital has appointed Robert Lamprecht as chief executive officer of Renaissance Capital in South Africa.
