The Markets | - Part 241

African Stock Market October 2015 Performance: South African equity best performer for local and foreign investors in October, BRVM YTD leader …

Lagos, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — African stock market performance measured by country equity benchmark index returns ended in negative for the month of October, with six gainers and twelve losers on the local currency basis. Still on local basis return, the October’s average return of -0.9 percent was recorded across eighteen African stock indices and October monthly returns range from -6.6 percent recorded by the Kenyan equity markets (measured by NSE All Share Index) to +7.4 percent registered by the South African…

African Development Bank issues 0.75% US$1 billion 2-year global benchmark due 3 November 2017

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On Tuesday, October 27, 2015, the African Development Bank (AfDB) successfully launched and priced a new 1 billion 2-year US dollar global benchmark due November 3, 2017. This is the AfDB’s second US dollar global benchmark of the year following a successful 5-year benchmark transaction executed in February, and its first 2-year global benchmark since 2009. The 2-year benchmark transaction was announced on Monday, October 26th at 1:30 p.m. London time with initial pricing thoughts in…

Moodys assigns provisional (P)Ba2 rating to Angola’s forthcoming US dollar-denominated bond offering

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Luanda, Angola, Capital Markets in Africa — Moody’s Investors Service has today assigned a provisional long-term (P)Ba2 rating to the forthcoming bond to be issued by the Government of Angola. The obligation is a senior unsecured bond issue and ranks pari passu with all current and future senior unsecured indebtedness of Angola. This rating is in line with Angola’s issuer rating of Ba2. This rating action concerns a new rating solicited by the issuer for…

Republic of Angola Enters Eurobond Markets with 10-year benchmark bond of US$1.5 billion

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Luanda, Angola, Capital Markets in Africa — Republic of Angola launched its first 10-year benchmark Eurobond on Thursday with the aim of raising US$1.5 billion for long-term economic development and to benchmark the country, according to the Angolan Finance Ministry. The Finance Ministry stated also that a sovereign issuance could enhance Angola’s transparency in the management of its public accounts and better manage the state’s financing costs. The statement further emphasized that the sovereign debt…

Rwanda’s 10-year Capital Market Master Plan in the offing

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Kigali, Rwanda, Capital Markets in Africa — The Capital Market Authority of Rwanda hosts a strategic planning roundtable designed to initiate the process of developing a ten-year capital market development master plan (CMMP). The three-day off-site meeting brought together international and regional experts as well as high-level Rwandan officials from the public and private sectors. Among the delegates were renowned capital market experts from 14 countries across the globe who were in the roundtable they included:…

Bank of Namibia maintains Repurchase Rate at 6.50 percent, amid of strong foreign reserves

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Windhoek, Namibia, Capital Markets in Africa — Bank of Namibia keeps the Repurchase (Repo) rate unchanged at 6.50 percent at the Monetary Policy Committee meeting held on the 20th October 2015 , according to Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) statement issued by Deputy Governor of the Bank, Mr. Ebson Uanguta. In the statement, the decision to keep the rate at 6.50 percent was underpinned by the recent improvement in the key economic indicators despite weak activities…

Bank of Uganda raises Central Bank Rate by 1.0 percent to 17 percent

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Kampala, Uganda, Capital Markets in Africa — Bank of Uganda has raised the Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 1.0 percentage points to 17 percent in October 2015, according to a Monetary Policy statement, issued by Governor Professor Emmanuel Tumusiime -Mutebile. This increase has resulted to cumulative increase of 6.0 percentage points in 2015, the previous increases were 1.0 percentage points (in April and June meetings) and 1.5 percentage points (in July and August meetings). In the Monetary…

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