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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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  • South Africa’s Aspen Pharmaceuticals has mandated banks to arrange a refinancing exercise, according to two bankers away from the top line, as African loan bankers face a meagre pipeline of business following lower first quarter volumes than the same period last year.
  • Higher oil prices, a new governing regime and an agreement with the International Monetary Fund are all expected to boost demand for the Republic of Angola’s first Eurobond since 2015, though there is a question mark over how receptive the market will be for long dated debt.
  • The investment arm of Dutch agency FMO and NN Investment Partners has raised $250m in its first round of fundraising for an emerging and frontier market loan fund, surpassing the minimum target by 25%.
  • Growthpoint International opened books on its new dollar bond at 6% area on Tuesday morning. The issuer has picked a five year dollar bond after postponing a euro trade last year.
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    Investors in Rusal’s bonds have lost this round. But the game of investing in Russia has not finished yet.
  • A repricing in the Indonesian high yield dollar bond market on Monday took a toll on property company Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD), which had to navigate numerous hurdles to push a $250m deal over the finish line.