African countries are bad at issuing bonds, so debt costs more than it should: what needs to change: Over the past two decades, African countries have increasingly turned to international capital markets to meet their development financing needs. For example, Kenya and Benin raised a combined US$ 2.5 billion through bond issuances during the first …
UK bonds have hit a 25-year high – here’s what that means for the economy: The Bank of England (headquarters on the left) is expected to hold interest rates, causing investors to sell UK bonds. lazyllama/Shutterstock It’s been more than a year since the UK economy was thrown into crisis after then-prime minister Liz Truss …
UK bonds are in meltdown again – what does that mean for pensions? Expert Q&A: UK government debt prices have taken an unnerving journey south in the past few days. The closely watched ten-year bond has now hit a yield of 4.3%, taking it within a fraction of the level that caused a crisis in …
Baboon bonds: new study reveals that friendships make up for a bad start in life: Two juvenile baboons passively share information about a food source when one sniffs the other’s muzzle while feeding. Susan C. Alberts Childhoods can predict a great deal about how adult lives might play out. For instance, research has shown that …
James Bond’s ethnicity might change – but his accent probably won’t: The cinematic character of James Bond has changed with the times since the first Bond film Dr No was released back in 1962. We have seen Bond as a chauvinistic womaniser, a fun-loving bon vivant, and, more recently, a sometimes brutal yet three-dimensional character, …
Bank of England bonds rescue has two ugly implications: more inflation and an even weaker pound: With UK government bonds and sterling both falling hard in recent days, the Bank of England has been forced to step in. Only a few months after it started tightening monetary policy to fight inflation by raising benchmark interest …
How bonds work and why everyone is talking about them right now: a finance expert explains: The Bank of England is buying bonds again. Just as it was about to start selling the debt it had accumulated as part of its last effort to support the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, the central bank has …
Africans and African-Americans would honour Martin Luther King by rekindling their bonds: Bernice A. King, daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, at a recent press conference preview the King Holiday observance in Atlanta, Georgia. EPA-EFE/Erik S. Lesser During an official visit to Washington DC in 1962, Cameroon’s founding President Ahmadou Ahidjo informed …
Can radicalisation be defeated? Yes, if we understand that it happens when people’s bonds are broken: Police officers parade suspected Boko Haram militants. AUDU ALI MARTE/AFP via Getty Images Radical extremism has increased by 320% in the last five years and cost the world an estimated US$ 14.1 trillion as of 2018. It’s a worldwide …
South Africa in the news: Why this is no Taper Tantrum 2 for EM bonds: Emerging market bonds and currencies sustained serious damage in the 2013 “Taper Tantrum”, but are much better placed this time around.: “South Africa” – BingNews EC to procure up to 200 million doses of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine: The company anticipates …
Green bonds can help finance clean energy – as long as the projects they fund are transparent: Green growth? Shutterstock/Freedom365day Ahead of hosting the climate change summit in Scotland later this year, the UK government appears keen to demonstrate its green credentials. So far it is not on track to meet its own carbon-free goals, …
Social impact bonds fund welfare projects: how South Africa’s first two have done: Delft after protests against the local government. One of South Africa's first social impact bonds funded a project in the town. Jaco Marais/Gallo Images via Getty Images Social impact bonds are a financing model for social welfare services based on “payment by …
A cool Port Elizabeth image: slip the surly bonds Image by max_thinks_sees Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds…and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of…wheeled and soared and swung High in the …
South Africa in the news: Optional redemption notice issued to the holders of Sibanye Gold Limited’s USD450,000,000 1.875 per cent convertible bonds due 2023: Stillwater advises that its wholly owned subsidiary, Sibanye Gold Limited today, 18 September 2020, exercised its option on its USD450,000,000 1.875 per cent convertible bonds due 2023 in line with …: …
South Africa in the news: Africa’s junk bonds among hottest investments with big yields: Gabon and Nigeria posted returns of more than 30% this quarter, while Ghana, South Africa and Egypt are deep into double digits.: “South Africa” – BingNews The Latest: Phoenix woman sees echoes of brother’s death: Phoenix woman says her brother’s death …
How to avoid a coronavirus debt crisis? Issue a new type of government bonds linked to GDP: 'The name's Bond, Reinvented Bond.' Tashatuvango The range of forecasts about how the coronavirus will affect the world economy is so wide that you question their usefulness. For example, the IMF predicts that the UK will contract 7.5% …
South Africa in the news: SA dollar bonds fall as Zuma deadlock continues: South Africa’s sovereign dollar bonds fell across the curve on Thursday with the 2041 issue down 1.7 cents to trade at a near two-month low as the political deadlock over President Jacob Zuma’s future continued. The ruling African National Congress …: “South …
South Africa in the news: SA dollar bonds extend gains as Ramaphosa elected ANC leader: South Africa’s sovereign dollar bonds extended gains on Monday after the ruling ANC party declared Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa its next leader, with some longer-dated issues up as much as 1.5 cents on the day. The 2044 issue rose 1.6 …