The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM), an agent of the Malawi Government, has said all benchmark issuances will be listed on the Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE).<\/p>\n
This was revealed on Monday when the government listed a K5 billion two-year Treasury Note on the market.<\/p>\n
RBM Manager for Market Developments, Franklyn Khoza, said the government last year published an issuance calendar for domestic debt, which gives a schedule of when Treasury Bills and Benchmark Treasury Notes will be issued, up to June 2018.<\/p>\n
He said this is part of the initiative to issue debt securities at frequent and predictable intervals.<\/p>\n
Khoza said this will be normal practice going forward; whereby the calendar will be published at the beginning of the fiscal year to allow the investing public an opportunity to plan their asset allocation strategies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two-year Treasury Note that will be listed this morning [Monday] is the first of the benchmark securities in the government\u2019s Treasury Note programme as outlined in the issuance calendar. The other maturities are three, five, seven and 10 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cLater this week, we will apply to the MSE to list the three-year note that was successfully issued last week, with a face value of K3 billion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Khoza said the listed notes will benefit from the advantages of trading on a regulated secondary market, and provide alternative investment avenues to investors.<\/p>\n
He said the visibility created by the exchange potentially increases liquidity of the instruments and will, in the end, improve price discovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy having the benchmark treasury notes listed, it is expected that the brokers or dealers on the exchange will market the securities just as they<\/p>\n
do for other listed securities. Likewise, it is expected that fund managers and the investing public will actively trade these securities and help develop the secondary market for government securities.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn active secondary market will build a benchmark yield curve which will provide the basis for pricing non-government bonds and enable private companies to issue debt instruments to raise capital directly from the public. We hope this will start happening in the very near future,\u201d Khoza said.<\/p>\n
MSE Chief Executive Officer, John Kamanga, said the Treasury Note listing will help in the provision of diversity and liquidity.<\/p>\n
He also said the listing would enhance the development of the stock exchange.<\/p>\n
\u201cI urge all Malawians to utilise the opportunities on the stock exchange and enjoy the benefits it offers,\u201d Kamanga said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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