Egypt close to issuing $500m Japan samurai bond
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Egypt Nears $500 Million Samurai Bond Issuance
Egypt is close to completing the issuance of yen-denominated Samurai bonds worth the equivalent of $500 million, marking its first return to this type of debt market in three years as it seeks to broaden external financing channels.
Egypt is about to finalize the issue of a samurai bond of about 500 million USD, its first fund raising in yen in three years, while the country is seeking to diversify its sources of financing in a context of growing economic pressure. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said this Thursday...
Egypt close to issuing $500m Japan samurai bond
Egypt is finalising plans for its first yen-denominated bond sale in three years. The African Development Bank said in December it would partially guarantee Cairo’s planned $500 million-equivalent “samurai bonds” on Japanese markets this year. “We are completing the final steps,” foreign minister Badr Abdelatty said while on a trip to Tokyo on Thursday, adding that he had been promoting the sale and other investment opportunities while in Japan.…
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