Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Investors rush for the 10-year treasury bonds

DAILY NEWS Reporter

THE Bank of Tanzania (BoT)
HIGH demand from investors greeted the third 10-year treasury bonds attracting bids almost three times the amount offered to the market for bidding, thus ending up the show overly subscribed.

The first 10-year treasury bonds auctioned on February, this year, attracted few bids, ending up undersubscribed. But high appetite was experienced in the second 10 years bonds auctioned on April resulting to oversubscription.
Funds raised from the sale of the long-term debt government securities are targeted to finance development projects like road and railway infrastructures that are necessary cutting down cost of transport.
Some of the key investors in government securities include pension funds, insurance firms, some microfinance companies and few commercial banks. The second 10-year Treasury bond was auctioned last week and is expected to mature on the 23rd June 2026.
It attracted bids 90.88bn/- compared to 34.80bn/-offered for bidding. The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) auction summary shows, however, that the government retained only 34.80bn/- the same as the amount sought to be raised.
The weighted average yield to maturity decreased to 17.95 per cent compared to 18.84 per cent session held in April, this year.
The weighted average coupon yield also made slight increase to 16.29 per cent compared to 17.03 per cent of the previous session. The weighted average price for successful bids increased to 70.20 compared to 67.14.
A total of 47 bids that were received out of 77 emerged successful. The highest bid offered at the auction was 73.69 while the lowest is 60.00; the minimum successful bid/100 was 68.34.

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