South Africa
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South African Bank Investec has agreed a $300m term loan facility with a consortium of international lenders. The deal, Investec's second syndicated facility this year, confirms that lenders remain committed to the South African market despite uncertainty around the country's economy and investment-grade ratings. -
Emerging market issuers continued to enjoy solid market conditions this week with new mandates joining the pipeline and Abu Dhabi’s Mamoura executing a $3.5bn triple tranche trade.
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South African gold producer Sibanye-Stillwater has refinanced an existing local currency revolving credit facility, demonstrating lender confidence in the country's borrowers despite the threat of an impending rating downgrade.
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South Africa is poised to lose its final investment grade rating when Moody's conducts a review of its score a week from Friday. That has the potential to throw South African borrowers' funding plans into chaos following a year of of healthy, tightly priced issuance. Mariam Meskin and Ross Lancaster report.
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Standard Bank is expected to raise $1bn in the loan market, up from an initial target of $500m, and slash the pricing of a three year loan by roughly 30bp.
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South Africa made its largest ever trip to capital markets on Monday, raising $5bn across two tranches. However, the size may have been too ambitious as the bonds suffered early in the secondary market. Although they have since recovered, some investors may be deterred from jumping into the rest of the week’s slew of deals.
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Standard Bank is set to raise at least $500m by the end of the year, the latest in a series of loans raised by South African banks in the past few months. The deal is expected to have tighter margins than its previous deals, according to market sources.
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South Africa is back in capital markets for the first time in over a year and the first time since its ratings were placed on negative outlook by Fitch.
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Rand Merchant Bank International Mauritius (RMBIM) has secured a $400m syndicated loan from international lenders, months after a transfer of dollar debt from FirstRand Bank. The deal marks the latest in a series of loans raised by South African banks this year.
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Omnia Holdings, the South African chemicals company, has fixed the terms for its R2bn ($136m) rights issue to reduce debt, after securing underwriting from its top shareholders.
