The Markets | - Part 245

Nigeria Bourse Seeks to Start Trading Naira Currency Futures

Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Nigerian Stock Exchange plans to start trading naira futures that will help investors hedge against movements in the local currency, Chief Executive Officer Oscar Onyema said. “It would be awesome if we had a naira-dollar contract that we could trade on the exchange,” he said in an interview in London on Monday. “Futures and options are asset classes that we think would be very beneficial to foreign…

Nigeria’s Federal Government, Sub-Nationals in Fiscal Crisis?

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Lagos, Nigeria (Capital Market in Africa) — The lower crude oil receipts accruing to government – stemming from the fall in crude oil prices and global supply glut — has significantly put a strain on public finances. Monthly oil revenue accruing to all tiers of government dropped by 54.1% Y-o-Y to N286.2bn in April 2015 relative to N622.9bn in April 2014, the lowest level in over two years. Consequently, FAAC allocation to Sub-National governments has…

Kenya : Centum Investment’s US$61 million bond oversubscribed

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Nairobi, Kenya (Capital Markets in Africa) — Centum Investments five-year corporate bond worth up to KES 6 billion has been oversubscribed by 38 percent attracting bids worth KES 8.3 billion. The bond is made up of a fixed-rate component and an equity-linked portion that will give a variable return determined by the firm’s net asset value. The total amount accepted for the fixed rate notes is KSE 3.9 billion while for the equity linked notes is KES 2.1 billion, with…

Moody’s assigns A1.za debt rating to Ekurhuleni’s (EMM06) ZAR900 million notes due 2025

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Johanessburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — Moody’s Investors Service has today assigned a long-term debt rating of A1.za (South African national scale rating) to Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality’s ZAR900 million senior unsecured amortising fixed-rate notes due 2025. These notes are issued under Ekurhuleni’s ZAR8 billion Domestic Medium Term Note programme rated A1.za and will be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Proceeds from the notes will be used to finance the city’s infrastructure requirements….

Egypt bourse to show strong performance, says Merrill Lynch

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa) — Egypt’s stock market is likely to show strong improvement in the near term, said BofA Merrill Lynch in its emerging markets report. The Egyptian Exchange has suffered steep declines in recent months, but the bullish performance in May partially pared such losses, especially after concerns about the local currency abated and the capital gains tax was delayed for two years, according to the report. Merrill Lynch also said…

Emaar Misr says 15% of IPO available for individuals, 85% for institutions

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Emaar Misr for Development, the Egypt-based subsidiary of UAE’s Emaar Properties, said Sunday around 90 million of its shares, representing 15% of its planned initial public offering will be offered for individuals, while nearly 51 million shares, or 85% of total floated shares, will be available for institutions. Subscription application for the individual tranche will have a minimum of 100 shares and maximum of 10 million shares. 25% of…

Fitch Ratings Assigns Egypt ‘B’ rating for the new US$1.5bn 2025 Bond

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Cairo, Egypt (Capital Markets in Africa):- Fitch Ratings has assigned Egypt’s US$1.5bn global bond maturing 11 June 2025 a ‘B’ rating. The bonds have a coupon rate of 5.875%. The proceeds will be used for the general budgetary purposes of the government. According to Fitch, the rating is in line with Egypt’s Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of ‘B’ with a Stable Outlook and would be sensitive to changes in Egypt’s Long-term foreign…

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