Ahead of Nigeria’s bond auction: What to expect

Traders expect the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to conduct an Open Market Operations (OMO) Auction this week due to anticipated inflows. To discuss this and for a focus on Nigeria’s money market, Nnamdi Nwizu, Co-Managing Partner at Comercio Partners joins CNBC Africa.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold 363 billion Naira in Thursday’s Open Market Operations (OMO) Auction out of N447 billion subscription. Nifemi Adeniyi – Team lead of liquidity Management at Access Bank joins CNBC Africa for a focus on Nigeria’s fixed income and Forex market.

Nigeria’s Debt Management Office will conduct its November bond auction today – Forex Trader at Access Bank, Ajoke Adepoju joins CNBC Africa to discuss what to expect.

As we await today's bond auction results. Currency Trader at UBA, Deinma Iyagba joins CNBC Africa to review trading activity.

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Nigeria’s Debt Management Office says foreign investors cut their participation in Nigerian government bond auctions last year, buying just 4.39 of all bonds issued compared with 10.99 per cent bought in 2018. Ifueko Olotu, Team Lead, Treasury Coverage at Access Bank joins CNBC Africa for more.

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Bankole Odusanya, Head of Fixed Income Trading at United Bank for Africa (UBA) joins CNBC Africa to discuss investors’ response to bond auction by Nigeria’s Debt Management Office.

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Traders say Nigeria’s April bond auction may not hold on the back of Nigeria's 14-day lockdown but adds that the Debt Management Office would keep paying this month’s coupons. Bankole Odusanya, Head of Fixed Income trading at UBA joins CNBC Africa for this discussion.

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