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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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  • NN Investment Partners has appointed Lewis Jones as lead portfolio manager for emerging market debt local currency strategies.
  • Russia’s new bond may well be an act of defiance from the government, but it was also a savvy move in the capital markets as pressure on the country increases. Russia must have been keen to show that it did not need to alter course for funding in the face of allegations that it has poisoned ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK. But financially it was also a sensible move that helps to fund the country in the face of an escalation of the situation.
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    Ukrainian steel and mining company Metinvest is planning to buy back the complex secured bonds it issued as part of its $2.3bn debt restructuring last year, and will finance the move with a new dual tranche dollar offering.
  • Malaysian rubber gloves manufacturer Top Glove Corp has sealed a $310m loan, with robust support from banks making the deal 2.5 times covered.
  • Beijing Capital Group debuted in the green bond market on Monday with a $600m-equivalent deal featuring dollars and offshore renminbi (CNH), finding enough buy-side support to tighten pricing by over 20bp on both the tranches.
  • Shinhan Bank was forced to pay a new issue premium (NIP) to complete its Basel III-compliant tier two deal on Monday, like most other issuers in recent weeks. But the South Korean borrower still managed to price its bond tighter than expected.