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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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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.
