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Business
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Economy
10/4/2022 8:38:58 PM
Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait called on insurers to contribute to speeding up the transition to a green economy and to invest in green bonds in order to make the insurance industry a part of the solution for the global climate crisis.
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Business
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Economy
8/8/2022 5:08:38 PM
Egypt is considering plans to list the assets of its Universal Healthcare Insurance System (UHIS) in the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) to diversify its investment portfolio and increase the yields of invested funds, Minister of Finance and UHIS Chairman Mohamed Maait said on Monday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/3/2022 12:10:00 PM
Recent rises in US interest rates are driving the dollar higher against other world currencies, including the Egyptian pound.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
8/2/2022 12:55:59 PM
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) said that it is studying a request by the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) to issue securitised bonds worth EGP 20 billion.
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Egypt
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Society
7/27/2022 3:42:32 PM
The Egyptian Forum for Development and Human Rights Dialogue (FDHRD) called for introducing legislative amendments to speed up the country's ability to benefit from green bonds.
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Business
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Economy
6/4/2022 10:33:33 PM
Egypt plans to issue its first sukuk (Islamic sovereign bonds) in the upcoming FY2022/2023 with a key objective of financing the budget deficit, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait told Ahram Online.
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Business
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Economy
5/11/2022 2:52:57 PM
Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait announced on Wednesday that the government is considering issuing Yuan-dominated bonds that will target the Chinese market, which is the second largest bond market globally.
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Business
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Economy
4/6/2022 11:34:31 PM
Egypt has issued its first Japanese yen-denominated bonds, aka "samurai bonds", worth $500 million, the Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) said on Wednesday.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
4/6/2022 11:14:59 PM
Russia said Wednesday that it made a debt payment in rubles this week, a move that may not be accepted by Russia's foreign debt holders and could put the country on a path to a historic default.
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Business
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Economy
4/3/2022 3:25:21 PM
Egypt is planning to lower its debt to GDP ratio to below 90 percent by the end of the current FY2021/22 — which will conclude at the end of June 2022 — and under 85 percent over the coming three years, according to Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
3/29/2022 8:30:47 PM
Cooperation between Egypt and Germany in green energy and sustainability continues to grow amid Egyptian efforts towards a greener economy.
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Business
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Economy
3/24/2022 7:13:22 PM
Egypt issued on Thursday Japanese Yen*-dominated bonds with a total of $500 million, the first of their kind in Egypt and the Middle East.
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Egypt
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Politics
2/20/2022 6:16:23 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives – the lower chamber of parliament – initially approved Sunday new government-drafted amendments to the capital market law (Law 95/1992), allowing the issuance of securitisation bonds for future cash flows to help finance public utility projects.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
2/1/2022 10:25:45 PM
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Business
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Economy
1/31/2022 1:28:51 PM
Egypt was relisted on Monday 31 January in the JP Morgan Index for government bonds of emerging markets (GBI-EM), ending 10 years of absence .
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Business
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Economy
1/20/2022 6:08:59 PM
Egypt is considering issuing sustainability bonds in 2022 to finance the presidential Decent Life (Hayah Karima) initiative in order to reach the country’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat told UN officials.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
1/12/2022 9:54:18 AM
Egypt’s state-owned real-estate company Madinet Nasr for Housing and Development (MNHD) has concluded its first issuance of securitisation bonds worth EGP 300 million led by EFG Hermes, the company announced on Tuesday in a letter submitted to the Egyptian Exchange (EGX).
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Business
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Economy
1/11/2022 2:45:49 PM
The total Islamic bonds (sukuk) issued in 2021 worldwide grew significantly by 36.1 percent Y-o-Y to reach $252.3 billion, with central banks, governments, and multilateral institutions dominating sukuk issuances, Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
12/26/2021 2:37:48 PM
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) is set to greenlight 11 securitised bonds, out of 26, before end of 2021 with a total value of EGP 11.5 billion, whose portfolios mainly centred on mortgage, consuming and leasing financing, Chairman of FRA Mohamed Omran stated on Sunday.
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Business
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Economy
10/14/2021 2:00:00 PM
Fitch Ratings expects sukuk momentum to go on over the medium term fuelled by investor appetite, funding diversification and refinancing needs.
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