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The Minister of Finance Seth Terkper has rejected claims that the 10.75% yield investors demanded for Ghana\u2019s fourth Eurobond <\/a><\/strong><\/span>is on the high side.<\/p>\n

Ghana on Wednesday finally succeeded in issuing its fourth Eurobond after cutting back on its initial figure to get a better rate for the bond.<\/p>\n

However at 10.75 percent, the yield on the bond is still much higher than government\u2019s initial target of 8.5 percent and also higher than the previous one which had coupon rates of 8 and 8.5 percent for its two billion dollar- bond issued.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”qrW451MjRtbpsOkg8a0fkU3aeb9uLh2n”]The World Bank\u2019s guarantee of 400 million dollars on the bond as well as plans by government to set up an infrastructure fund to use proceeds from the country\u2019s Eurobonds played a key role in Ghana getting that yield that is 10.75 percent.<\/p>\n

Reacting to concerns over the high yield Minister of Finance Seth Terkper said Ghana remains the only sub-Saharan African country that is able to raise a fifteen year bond at such a yield and asked critics not to compare a 10 year bond to the current 1 billion dollar 15 year Eurobond.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were comparing a 15 year bond to a 10 year bond that is comparing apples to oranges. I think they would have served the Ghanaian public well if they have checked. There is a sub \u2013 Saharan country that was able to raise a 15 year bond in the first place and was able to roll it at a lower yield and thirdly under the circumstances which the markets find itself now. Now we are going to use the bond to refinance 90 day bill\u201d.<\/p>\n

He further added \u201cI think the experts should ask and it will benefit them if we discuss whether if it is prudent even at 10 percent to refinance the 3year bond that is due for example in three weeks time at 10 percent borrowing or to refinance it domestically which is what we would have done. Also whether it would have been better to refinance it at 7 percent increase domestic interest rates and crowd out private capital\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ghana cut the parliament approved figure of 1.5 billion dollars to 1 billion dollars.<\/p>\n

Explaining why the country cut back on the figure Seth Tekper said \u201cI don\u2019t think we should put a negative spin on every little element of the bond issue. Even in the Ghanaian market when IPOs\u2019 are done, the pricing is not done immediately after the road show; normally the tender is opened for a week or two so the fact that we priced our last two bonds just after the road show does not mean that every year when you go to the market you should price the bond immediately after the road show\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did not want to rush and therefore the statement we put out was careful in saying that we were prolonging the period for the pricing. But too many people created panic including the experts who indicated that the bond had failed. I think it is important that experts will be patient on what we do because the fact that we issued a bond in a certain period does not mean that we should necessarily repeat the same\u201d the Finance Minister said.<\/p>\n

Parliament in July 2015 approved an amount of US$1.5 billion for the Eurobond to be used to refinance existing debt and for capital expenditure. The Eurobond is a soft amortizing one with a tenure of fifteen years, to be paid off in 2028 and 2029.<\/p>\n

About $334 million out of the total would be paid later in 2030 with proceeds to be used for the refinancing of maturing domestic debt.
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\nNorvan Acquah -Hayford\/citifmonline.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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