8 Dec
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The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), through its technical assistance (TA) offering, has announced it is supporting capital market reform studies, capacity building and documentation standardisation for bond issues in the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) region.
3 Dec
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AFEX, Nigeria’s commodities market player, has announced a new $100m 10-year bond called The Food Security Fund (FSF).
3 Dec
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Gaia Fund Managers, Fibonacci Managers and Kruger International Asset & Wealth Management, have announced the listing of South Africa’s first specialist real estate investment trust (REIT), investing in fibre optic network infrastructure on the Cape Town Stock Exchange (CTSE, formerly 4AX).
22 Oct
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed Mauritius from its grey list of countries under increased monitoring.
19 Oct
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Credit Suisse Group has agreed to pay nearly $475m to US and UK authorities, including nearly $100m to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for fraudulently misleading investors and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in a scheme involving two bond offerings and a syndicated loan that raised funds on behalf of state-owned entities in Mozambique.
6 Oct
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Sanlam and Absa have agreed to combine their investment management businesses in a transaction which will result in an asset management company with assets under management, administration and advice in excess of R1trn.
12 Aug
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Emergence Plaza, the owner of Côte d’Ivoire’s most visited retail complex Cosmos Yopougon, has issued the 8-year notes at a yield of 7.5%.
12 Aug
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Prudential has attained a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) rating. This follows its latest Financial Sector Council scorecard audit that was finalised in July 2021, based on its FY2020 financial results.
22 Jul
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Egypt’s local debt assets look well placed to continue attracting yield-seeking investors, against a backdrop of accommodative global liquidity conditions, according to Regis Chatellier, Director EM Strategy at Oxford Economics.
18 Jun
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There were no cross-border Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) on African exchanges in the first half of 2021 (H1 2021) according to new Baker McKenzie analysis, H1 IPO Snapshot: Unfolding Trends for 2021.
17 May
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Absa Group, one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups, has partnered with Invest African, a business and investment platform for African markets, to support the development of business and investment on the Continent.
18 Mar
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The African Development Bank Group has launched a project to support development of domestic debt markets and financial systems in four West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) countries: the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
15 Mar
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The Republic of Congo has launched a public bond offering "EOCG 6.25% NET 2021-2026 ” which aims to raise 100bn CFA francs, at a net interest rate of 6.25% and a maturity of five years.
10 Mar
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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has received final approvals of its demutualisation plan from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) respectively.
