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Observers have questioned why the country is issuing debt at this price
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  • The Republic of Zambia is in talks with banks for a syndicated loan, just two weeks after Tanzania approached banks for its own record-breaking $700m facility.
  • South African state-owned logistics firm Transnet has signed a R1.1bn ($111m) export credit agency-backed loan.
  • South African pharmaceutical company Aspen has launched its $2bn M&A facility into general syndication on a high, after lenders in the senior stage saw large scalebacks in their underwriting commitments.
  • Russia and South Africa have given their sovereign peers a superb demonstration of the deal sizes on offer in the CEEMEA market. The Russian Federation launched a long awaited multi-tranche bond taking $6.96bn across euros and dollars, while South Africa printed a well oversubscribed $2bn deal. Bankers hope the two transactions will encourage the long line of countries considering deals to follow, but both deals also made clear the need for big new issue concessions.
  • SSA
    The Republic of South Africa pulled in $7.4bn in orders for a $2bn 12 year global bond on Monday. Debt bankers on and away from the deal disagreed on the new issue premium paid, but the bond’s performance in the secondary market argued in favour of the leads’ strategy.
  • Angola's state-run oil firm Sonangol has completed the general syndication stage of its $2.5bn five year loan.