Companies Raise N800 Billion in Bond Market
Goddy Egene Nigerian companies have raised over N800 billion bonds from the capital market in the first half of 2021 (H1) just as predicted by Norrenberger in its 2021 Economic Outlook Report. Norrenberger, a financial services group, had predicted in its 2021 economic outlook report published in December 202o that yields on fixed income instruments would remain low and thus was expected to result in many corporate borrowers to see bonds as a suitable source of capital to cover their increasing cost of operations. The Report titled “Seizing The New Reality,” was designed for local and for...