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Hunt is on for ready issuers after bond prices recover
Senegal bonds are trading at distressed levels and there is a risk of restructuring
UK and South Africa firms to collaborate on equity research, trading and advisory
Company signed inaugural facility for $175m in 2024
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has raised a financing package, backed by multilateral lenders, commercial banks and oil trading companies. -
Prosus made a barnstorming debut outing in the European bond market after Monday’s dollar trade, with the ecommerce and investment company that straddles investment grade and emerging market investor interest seeing €13.5bn of demand for a €1bn deal.
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Junk-rated South Africa has found some relief from its ballooning fiscal deficit through multilateral institutions, which are helping prop up its battered economy. Though the government has supported domestic lenders, there may yet be opportunities for them to enter international markets, some believe.
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Emerging market bond issuance has staged a rapid and forceful comeback after the pummeling it took in March, but issuance from Sub-Saharan Africa has been noticeably absent. Bankers are now debating whether the fourth quarter will see supply from the region.
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Credit analysts hope that European banks will be able to report much stronger capital levels in the second quarter, amid early signs that risk-weighted asset (RWA) volumes could be lower than expected.
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Mozambique LNG, Africa’s largest project financing investment to date, has secured roughly $15bn of funding from a range of international lenders and credit agencies in one of the few sparks of emerging market loan activity this year. The deal shows there is still appetite for “overlooked” and lower-rated emerging market credits, bankers say.
