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Brexit Overshadows Review Meant to Herald U.K. Austerity’s End

LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – U.K. civil servants preoccupied with Brexit are struggling to find time for the 2019 spending review, a set-piece opportunity for Prime Minister Theresa May to show that almost a decade of austerity is at an end. Officials in the Treasury are so consumed with planning for a no-deal exit from the European Union that the spending review has already lost steam, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked…

Deutsche Bank Taps Cerberus to Help Squeeze More From Cash Pile

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – Deutsche Bank AG, running out of time to restore revenue growth, is getting a little help from its friends at Cerberus Capital Management. Germany’s largest bank on Friday confirmed that Cerberus, one of its top shareholders and an adviser through a separate unit, has been helping manage its cash reserves more profitably, a story reported earlier by Bloomberg. That’s already bearing fruit and could add 300 million euros ($344 million)…

EGYPT: Currency outlook dependent on capital inflows

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CAIRO (Capital Markets in Africa) – Goldman Sachs did not expect the Central Bank of Egypt’s decision to suspend the currency repatriation mechanism to make the exchange rate more volatile, despite its recent appreciation. It noted that the pound has been stable even though the majority of portfolio flows to the local bond market over the past two years have taken place outside the repatriation mechanism. It added that the depreciation pressure from the selloff…

Guinness Nigeria Warns on Challenging Economy, Volatile Naira

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Guinness Nigeria Plc sees a tough economic environment in Africa’s most populous country and a volatile naira ahead of looming presidential elections in February. The unit of U.K. drinks giant Diageo Plc is monitoring the Nigerian currency to make sure there’s no significant hit to costs, Stanley Njoroge, head of finance and strategy at Guinness Nigeria, said on an investor call in Lagos on Thursday. The brewer sees disposable income under pressure for…

Talks of a Lower CPI Target in Ghana Seen as a Little Premature

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ACCRA (Capital Markets in Africa) – With Ghana’s inflation rate barely in single digits, the central bank’s suggestion that it’s time to aim even lower may be premature. Price growth has been inside the target band of 6 percent to 10 percent for only nine months after years of double-digit inflation and would have to remain there for much longer to convince investors a lower rate is sustainable, according to economic analysts including Databank Group’s Courage…

Kenya Urged to Issue Offshore Shilling Debt to Bolster Currency

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya should issue local-currency debt outside the country to check depreciation of the shilling, rather than managing the unit, its Capital Markets Authority said. The International Monetary Fund reclassified the shilling from “floating” to “other managed arrangement” in October to reflect the currency’s limited movement due to periodic central bank interventions, saying the unit was overvalued by about 17.5 percent. “There are opportunities for Kenya to consider adopting alternative…

TUNISIA : Currency to depreciate by 15% to 20% in 2019

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TUNIS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Citi Research indicated that the Tunisian dinar (TND) has been under pressure since early 2018, as the exchange rate depreciated by 20% in 2018. It attributed the weakening of the dinar to the sustained fiscal and current account deficits, as well as to the very limited progress in economic reforms, even though the country has a financial agreement with the International Monetary Fund that is linked to achieving pre-set…

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