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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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  • Thirteen companies that produce 30% of the world’s oil and gas have committed to reducing methane waste by a fifth, and will try to cut it by a third. The decision comes a few days after ExxonMobil, Chevron and Occidental joined an industry group on climate change. But analysts warn that there are many caveats to this good news.
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    Vakifbank has sold the first ever domestically placed AT1, raising TL5bn ($828.5m) with a perpetual non call five year private placement. An investor away from the deal said it was bought by a single, government linked investor.
  • Ghana is not preparing to issue 100 year bonds this year, according to deputy finance minister Charles Adu Boahen, but has not ruled them out for 2019, although the nation is looking at different opportunities to raise long term capital.
  • Pan-European securities watchdog ESMA on Friday announced that it would renew its restrictive measures for contracts for difference (CFD) products for another three months.
  • The upcoming issuance of bills by the People’s Bank of China will improve management of offshore RMB (CNH) liquidity, but unless they come regularly and across tenors they may not help establish a dim sum yield curve.
  • The Independent State of Papua New Guinea made its much anticipated debut in the international debt market on Thursday, selling a $500m bond after years of flirting with investors.