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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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  • Despite some investors saying it had been clear for some time that Pemex was on a gradual decline towards junk status, a two notch rating downgrade from Fitch appeared to catch bondholders unaware as the Mexican state oil giant’s debt slumped in secondary markets.
  • Most bond investors are making minimal effort to lobby companies to improve their performance on climate change, a new report has found. Some feel they haven’t the right to make demands; some leave it to equity colleagues; some do not see it as relevant.
  • A fresh round of US sanctions on Venezuela’s government can only squeeze President Maduro further, said bond investors, but meanwhile there was some confusion on Tuesday regarding the apparent ban on secondary market trading of PDVSA debt by US persons.
  • Dubai Investments Park Development Company has postponed its planned dollar five year sukuk.
  • A fresh round of US sanctions on Venezuela’s government will add to the pressure on 46th president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro to clear off, said bond investors.
  • Suning Appliance Group has added $235m to its coffers with a bond tap, capturing one of the last windows for issuance ahead of the shut-down of Asia’s bond markets for the Chinese New Year holiday.