Belarus’ FinMin mulling govt bonds placement on Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange in 2021
<p> MINSK, Feb 26 - PrimePress. The Finance Ministry of Belarus is thinking about placing government bonds on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MICEX) in 2021, says Finance Minister of Belarus Yuri Seliverstov. </p> <p> </p> <p> “It is premature to talk about floating Eurobonds. We are thinking about going back to the Moscow Stock Exchange this year,” he says. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, Belarus placed in summer 2020 two tranches of Eurobonds totaling $1.25 billion: bonds worth $500 million maturing in February 2026 at 6.125% per annum and $750 million maturing in February 2031 at 6.375% per annum. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus also placed government bonds in Russian rubles totaling 10 billion on the Russian financial market in 2020. The bonds were issued under the Belarus securities prospectus of series 03-07 registered in July 2019 for a total of 30 billion rubles. Prior to that, the Belarusian Finance Ministry entered into an agreement with a number of Russian banks and the Eurasian Development Bank to place long-term government bonds in Russian rubles on the Moscow Stock Exchange in 2018-2020. End </p>
2021-02-27
Primepress
Belarus’ FinMin mulling govt bonds placement on Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange in 2021
MINSK, Feb 26 - PrimePress. The Finance Ministry of Belarus is thinking about placing government bonds on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MICEX) in 2021, says Finance Minister of Belarus Yuri Seliverstov.
“It is premature to talk about floating Eurobonds. We are thinking about going back to the Moscow Stock Exchange this year,” he says.
As previously reported, Belarus placed in summer 2020 two tranches of Eurobonds totaling $1.25 billion: bonds worth $500 million maturing in February 2026 at 6.125% per annum and $750 million maturing in February 2031 at 6.375% per annum.
Belarus also placed government bonds in Russian rubles totaling 10 billion on the Russian financial market in 2020. The bonds were issued under the Belarus securities prospectus of series 03-07 registered in July 2019 for a total of 30 billion rubles. Prior to that, the Belarusian Finance Ministry entered into an agreement with a number of Russian banks and the Eurasian Development Bank to place long-term government bonds in Russian rubles on the Moscow Stock Exchange in 2018-2020. End