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African mobile payment provider prepares to list, seeking large valuation
Deep breath for market as more guidance, more mandates appear
Secondary market selling of private bonds may be wreaking havoc with the primary market for public debt but the trades were still the right thing to do

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  • Greece returned to the capital markets this week with its fourth syndicated bond of the year as it tapped its 10 year note at a record low yield. Meanwhile, Cyprus is set to go on a global roadshow to plan its funding for 2020.
  • The branding may be on the way out, but there are plenty of reasons to be encouraged about the potential for real progress in the next phase of the Capital Markets Union.
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    Turkey’s decision to launch a military offensive in Syria has reopened the possibility of sanctions from the US, with its Senate introducing a bill to do so on Wednesday. However, the investor community is doubtful about their impact.
  • Regulators must tighten the rules and standardise definitions surrounding sustainable financial assets such as green bonds to attract demand from investors worried by greenwashing, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.
  • Kernel, a Ukrainian agricultural producer, hit the market on Thursday with a five year non-call three bond and raised $300m with a trade that bankers said was tricky to price.
  • Ivory Coast has closed a €300m seven year loan, as African sovereigns turn to the market for medium-term funding, with bankers expecting more to follow.