Sentences with phrase «government bond issuance»

From government bond issuance and electronic motor vehicle identification to healthcare data management, there are several blockchain trials happening in the East African nation while in Sierra Leone, there is a blockchain - powered «smart country» project underway.

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It also appears that the ECB will concentrate on reducing its purchases of government (rather than corporate) bonds, but here issuance is increasing, with the net amount of eurozone government debt set to expand in 2018, in contrast to the contraction seen over the previous 18 months.

The resulting increase in corporate bond issuance has pushed up swap spreads, with the spread on US 10 - year (bank / government) swaps, for example, recently at its highest level for several years (Graph 7).

To increase returns, there are several types of strong price signals government can put in place that could underpin green bond issuance:

It would certainly help explain why Government bonds are now trading at silly lows despite massive issuance and the expectation of more — pension funds buying them up to fund boomer annuities?

Growth in most of the eurozone has remained tepid and reliant on continued central bank stimulus, though the European Central Bank's (ECB's) bond - purchasing program has been hampered by a scarcity of eligible bonds, as issuance from member governments is restricted by their austerity - driven policies.

Many analysts have long flagged a similar pitfall for the ECB's purchasing program, namely a scarcity of eligible bonds, as issuance from member governments has been restricted by their austerity - driven policies.

Analysts at Moody's Investors Service Middle East in Dubai say the issuance is credit positive for Saudi banks because their profitability will benefit from the transfer of their large, low - yielding reserves of cash and placements from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority and other banks to higher - yielding government Islamic bonds.

Ken Ofori - Attah, in responding to the issue in Parliament, stated that the issuance was transparent and was done in accordance with the laid down procedures governing the issuance of bond and government securities in the country, adding that there was no conflict of interest, as he «had no direct dealings with the investors» as alleged by the minority in Parliament.

Mr. Speaker, Government also sponsored the issuance ofCedi - denominated medium - to - long - term bonds (7 and 10 year bonds) on the back of the ESLA receivables to facilitate the clearance of the sector's legacy debts.Again, the Akufo - Addo Government is determined to turn away from the mismangement of the energy sector in the past which led to the accumulation of billions of debts by entities, such as BOST, to managing these startegic entities with integrity and efficiency.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has accused the government of causing financial loss to the state with the recent issuance of the Energy Sector Bond.

It has since May 8 petitioned the SEC to investigate the transparency of the bond, its classification and a claim of possible conflict of interest in the issuance of the said bond which the government has touted as an achievement.

The letter read in part, «Accordingly, the Senate is requested to kindly approve the following external borrowings: Issuance of $ 2.5 bn in the international capital market through Eurobonds, or a combination of Eurobonds and Diaspora bonds for the financing of the Federal Government of Nigeria's 2017 Appropriation Act and capital expenditure projects in the Act.

On the issuance of $ 2.5 bn for financing the Appropriation Act, Buhari noted that in order to implement the external borrowing plan approved by the National Assembly in the 2017 Appropriation Act, the Federal Government issued a $ 300m Diaspora Bond in the international capital market in June this year.

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has found that the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori - Atta, breached certain processes in the issuance of the government's $ 2.25 bn bond earlier this year.

Despite the shortfall, the government has hailed the performance of the ESLA bond issuance which it said yielded almost 80 % of their expectation.

- Retain language giving schools ability to use authority under the government code to issue bonds but clarify that the limitations imposed on the issuance of capital appreciation bonds in the Education Code can not be overridden by the regulations established for school districts in the government code.

The Federal government will be supporting the issuance of these bonds through tax credits.

An obvious culprit for the move in bond yields is the country's record fiscal deficit, which will generate a massive amount of new government issuance.

Historically an alternative practice of issuance was for the borrowing government authority to issue bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.

Corporate bonds are considered to be riskier than government bonds because the investment grade rating of corporate bonds varies depending on the debt issuance and revenue of the company.

The terms of issuance for T - bills and bonds are governed by the Local Treasury Bills Act and the Government Securities Act respectively.

Yet, the debt of these countries dominates government allocations in traditional bond indices as a mechanical byproduct of their dominance in cumulative notional issuance.

The supply curve is essentially vertical as the Government needs to fund a given deficit with bond issuance irrespective of the price of the bonds it issues.

Coupon rates for each issuance of Savings Bonds are determined such that the return over an investor's investment period is linked to long - term Singapore Government Securities (SGS) yields.

Refers to the type of project proceeds or funds received from a muncipal bond issuance are used for such as government use, education, water, sewer and gas, health care.

When Ford or the government has a new bond issuance it is very rare for individual investors to purchase these bonds directly from the organizations in question.

Farmida has acted on many high profile transactions, including for Lloyds Bank in a Supreme Court case confirming it had the right to redeem # 3.3 billion of enhanced capital notes, issued at the height of the banking crisis; for the Government of Pakistan on its issuance of more than US$ 7 billion of bonds and sukuk in the past four years; for Goldman Sachs on its debut US$ 500million sukuk, the first by a US financial institution; and for the International Committee of the Red Cross on the world's first «Humanitarian Impact Bond», an initiative that drew investment from the private sector to design, build and operate rehabilitation centres in Africa.

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We share years of experience forging and implementing public - private partnerships, incentive, development and infrastructure agreements, economic development incentive and tax increment financing programs; assisting secondary and higher education institutions, healthcare organizations, cultural institutions, electric and gas power providers, and air, land and sea transportation entities with their debt issuances; serving as bond counsel to a wide array of local and state government entities; and serving as underwriters» counsel to many national and regional underwriters of municipal bonds and as counsel to direct purchasers of municipal debt obligations.