Government Bonds The South African government also offers debt instruments to commercial investors. The maturity period that makes the difference between “short-term” and “long-term” is one year. Treasury Bills Treasury bills offer no interest. They are sold at a discount and redeemed at full...
South African government bondterm structureThis article uses the parsimonious dynamic Nelson–Siegel model to fit the yields of South African government bonds. We find that the dynamic Nelson–Siegel model has good fitting abilities for all maturities. We further forecast the term structure by seven ...
Generally, a government bond is issued by a national government and is denominated in the country`s own currency. Bonds issued by national governments in foreign currencies are normally referred to as sovereign bonds. The yield required by investors to loan funds to governments reflects inflation ...
Participants in Liquidnet’s Emerging Markets business has grown from 90 asset managers in 2018 to over 390. In addition to emerging markets government bonds in hard and local currency, coverage also extends to six local markets including Mexico, Turkey, South Africa, Czech Republic, Hungary, and...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 19 (Reuters) – The following economic event, equity and currency market moves may affect South African markets on Tuesday. ECONOMIC EVENTS South African government’s weekly long-term bonds auction SOUTH AFRICAN MARKETS South Africa’s rand jumped on Monday, as markets welcomed ...
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on Dec. 7 shows Alvin Botes (3rd R), deputy minister of international relations and cooperation of South Africa, and students from Tianjin Huo Yuanjia Civil and Military School in north China's Tianjin Municipality.(Foreign Affairs Office of Tianjin Municipal People's Government/Handout via ...
CAPE TOWN, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The South African government on Thursday pledged to coordinate efforts to defuse the worsening power crisis since February in the country. The efforts to seek financial, operational and structural sustainability to the state-owned electricity utility Eskom "are procee...
JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Wednesday extended his best wishes to the government and people of China on the occasion of the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival. "My dear brothers and sisters from China and all Chinese communities around the...
Given the inherent operational structure of banks, which involves short-term borrowing and long-term lending (Bednar and Elamin 2014), knowing the impact of rising interest rates on risk-taking behavior for South African banks is of concern considering the surge in government securities holdings by...