This robust growth positions the equity segment as one of Tanzania’s most profitable investment avenues

Frequent short-term borrowing can hurt your bond application because lenders see it as a sign of financial instability, even if you make repayments on time

Investors come to a balanced fund because they want growth

Local and global factors — including the Eskom bailout and US-China trade tensions — are weighing on the appetite for government debt

New proposals will give the stock exchange greater oversight and introduce more transparency

Metals, oil, currency, bonds … Which ones should we pay attention to and why?

The arms company is certain it can refinance its debt but investors are wary after Futuregrowth’s decision to end lending to state-owned enterprises.

At least a dozen sub-Saharan Africa countries have raised debt through sovereign bonds. The chickens are now coming home to roost.

The utility may struggle to keep the lights on, but its debt is attractive to international investors.

Foreign investors offloaded more rand-denominated debt than what they bought last year, as demand for emerging market bonds declined.

African Bank says holders of its debt cannot ask for an early repayment of its bonds, despite being downgraded to "junk" status last week.

The Reserve Bank says the outflows from bond and equity markets since January has been double the entire amount that flowed into our shore in 2013.

South African bonds were strengthened as the currency appreciated somewhat, but some analysts feel the bolstering is a temporary one.

The South African bond market was weaker on Thursday morning due to a weaker rand and uncertainty about the political environment.

Eskom, which produces 95% of South Africa’s electricity, will look to sell more debt as its projects to build more capacity remain on schedule.

South African bonds have been pulled down by the depreciating rand.

The rand was volatile as it anticipated Tuesday’s release of data on the current-account deficit.

The rand has slumped to the weakest level in two and a half months against the dollar as a bond sell off reached the longest streak since May.

But analysts warn that SA is facing more fundamental problems in the economy.

Yields on 13-year bonds have risen the most in seven months, amid a selloff by foreign investors on speculation a weakening rand will stoke inflation.