Nigeria Fixed Income
Nigeria’s Central Bank Fights Unwinnable War In $30 Billion Debt Crisis
Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, is in the throes of a major multibillion-dollar banking crisis coming exactly 8 years after the country’s last financial sector...
Nigeria is Finding Success in Bond Sales At Home Too
Domestic bonds a success
The international investment community has lapped up Nigerian bonds. The oversubscription of the first issuance this year in February and the...
Nigeria Is On Fire: Another Bond Sale, Another Success
Demand remains strong
Investors just can’t get enough of Nigeria (NGE) thus far this year, or so it seems. After conducting a hugely successful bond...
Successful Bond Sale Notwithstanding, Nigeria Is Not In Great Shape
International investors lapped up Nigerian bonds
Nigeria (NGE) conducted an extremely successful sale of Eurobonds in February. The $1 billion issue was the first time...
These Three Countries Will Account for 82% of sub-Saharan Africa’s Debt in 2017
The lion’s share of debt
S&P Global Ratings expects that sub-Saharan African (SSA) sovereign commercial debt will reach the $323 billion level by the end...
Nigeria Equity
16 Nigerian Companies To Watch After MSCI Rules Against Dropping Nigeria From Frontier Markets
MSCI retains Nigeria’s Frontier Market Status
MSCI has decided to retain Nigeria in its Frontier Market Indices, ruling out the possibility of reclassification to ‘standalone’...
Four African Bank Stocks To Buy As Rival Western Lenders Retreat From Africa
Western banks exit from Africa
Western banks are moving out of Africa’s banking business, as they are unable to remain competitive in the continent's challenging...
There Are Only Three Country-Specific Frontier Market ETFs, Here Are Their Correlations To FRN
The run-up that emerging and frontier markets have witnessed in YTD 2017 has given rise to worries that rally may be coming to a...
Correlation Amongst Country-Focused Frontier Markets ETFs
Though emerging markets have started gaining prominence in equity portfolios - especially this year due to their performance - frontier markets are still considered...
Nigerian Equities Are Quietly Racking Up Returns Despite Prominent Risks
At one point this year, the Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF (NGE) – the sole ETF traded on US exchanges providing exposure to stocks...
Nigeria Global Macro
There Are Only Three Country-Specific Frontier Market ETFs, Here Are Their...
The run-up that emerging and frontier markets have witnessed in YTD 2017 has given rise to worries that rally may be coming to a...
Nigeria Political Risk
How Boko Haram Will Ratchet Up Destabilization After Chad’s Removal of...
Chad has ended a months-long mission fighting Boko Haram in neighboring Nigeria and withdrawn its 1,200-strong force across their common border. The pull-out to...
