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Monday, June 22, 2020 / 01:38 PM / By Afrinvest Research / Header
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The
2-week bearish streak in the NT-Bills secondary market came to a halt last week
following renewed buying interests as a result of a robust system liquidity
(c.N600.0bn long as at Thursday) due to inflows from OMO maturities,
disbursements from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee ("FAAC") as
well as investors seeking to fill lost bids (c. N74.4bn) from the Primary
Market Auction ("PMA"). Consequently, average yield across all tenors dipped
1.2% to close at 2.2% on Friday. The short and medium term instruments shed
2.0% and 1.0% respectively while average yield on the long-term bills closed
flat. The 27-Aug-20 (-311bps), 10-Sep-20 (-258bps) and 17-Sep-20 (-231bps)
instruments had the most buying interests.
At
the PMA on Wednesday, the Apex bank offered a total of N14.6bn across
the 91- (N2.0bn), 182-(N2.0bn) and 364-day (N10.6bn)
tenors respectively. Similar to the previous week's auction, the bid-to-cover
ratios on the medium and short-term tenors were higher at 7.6x and 6.8x
respectively while the long-term bill had a bid-to-cover ratio of 5.7x.
Subsequently, the Apex bank allotted the total amount offered (N14.6bn)
across the 3 tenors, despite a combined demand of N89.0bn. Rates on the
91, 182 and 364 day tenors declined by 0.20%, 0.16% and 0.27% respectively.
Please see details of the PMA result below:
Auction Date |
17-Jun-20 |
17-Jun-20 |
17-Jun-20 |
Allotment / Issue Date |
18-Jun-20 |
18-Jun-20 |
18-Jun-20 |
Tenor |
(91-Day) |
(182-Day) |
(364-Day) |
Offer Amount ( |
2,000,000,000 |
2,000,000,000 |
10,614,105,000 |
Subscription ( |
13,590,663,000 |
15,234,969,000 |
60,182,687,000 |
Allotment ( |
2,000,000,000 |
2,000,000,000 |
10,614,105,000 |
Range of Bid Rates (%): |
1.7000 - 7.0000 |
1.9500 - 7.0000 |
3.5000 - 9.0000 |
Stop Rates (%): |
1.8000 |
2.0400 |
3.7460 |
Previous Stop Rates (%): |
2.0000 |
2.2000 |
4.0200 |
Bid-to-Cover Ratio: |
6.8x |
7.6x |
5.7x |
Allotment Ratio |
0.1x |
0.1x |
0.2x |
The
CBN also conducted an Open Market Operation ("OMO") on Thursday offering a
total of N80.0bn across the 89, 180 and 348-day tenors. As expected,
strong demand was witnessed across the short (Offer: N10.0bn vs.
Subscription: N20.0bn), medium (Offer: N10.0bn vs. Subscription: N24.0bn)
and long term (Offer: N60.0bnvs. Subscription: N123.5bn) bills. The Apex bank allotted a
total of N80.0bn despite a subscription of N167.5bn, with stop
rates unchanged at 5.0%, 7.8% and 9.0%.
We expect to see quiet trading sessions in the
coming week due to a tightened system liquidity. Thus, we expect yields
to expand and maintain that investors take advantage of the relatively more
attractive bills along the curve while also remaining alert for possible
commercial paper offers.
Please see indicative secondary market
NT-Bills rates below:
Maturity |
Tenor (Days) |
Rate (%) p.a. |
Yield (%) p.a. |
30-Jul-20 |
38 |
2.55 |
2.56 |
27-Aug-20 |
66 |
3.30 |
3.32 |
24-Sep-20 |
94 |
3.90 |
3.94 |
26-Nov-20 |
157 |
4.48 |
4.57 |
11-Feb-21 |
234 |
4.80 |
4.95 |
Rates are valid till 01:45pm today (22-June-2020)
*Please note that the minimum subscription for T-Bills
is N100, 000.00
FGN Bonds Update: Strong Demand
Witnessed in Secondary Market as Average Yield Dips by 0.7% W-o-W; Bond Auction
Result
In a similar vein, the FGN bond secondary market
reversed its bearish momentum last week following strong demand particularly
from investors with unfilled bids (c. N506.1bn) at the Sukuk bond
auction that held the previous week. Consequently, average yield across the
curve dipped by 0.7% to close at 9.4% on Friday. The APR-29, NOV-28 and FEB-28
bonds were the most sought after shedding 135bps, 131bps and 124bps
respectively.
At the Bond Primary Market Auction on Wednesday,
the Debt Management Office ("DMO")
offered a total of N150.0bn across the APR-23 (N40.0bn), MAR-35 (N50.0bn)
and MAR-50 (N60.0bn) instruments. The result indicates investors' preference to lock in longer maturity with bid-to-cover ratios of 3.4x, 2.5x
and 4.7x across the short, medium and long-term maturities. Consequently, the
DMO raised a total of N100.0bn (67.0% of its offer) with stop rates
closing lower at 8.00%, 11.00% and 12.15% respectively.
Please see a summary of the auction outcome below:
Bonds |
12.75% FGN APR 2023 |
12.50% FGN MAR 2035 |
12.98% FGN MAR 2050 |
Auction Date |
17-Jun-20 |
17-Jun-20 |
17-Jun-20 |
Allotment / Issue Date |
19-Jun-20 |
19-Jun-20 |
19-Jun-20 |
Term to maturity |
2 years, 10 months |
14 years, 9 months |
29 years, 9 months |
Offer Amount ( |
40,000,000,000.00 |
50,000,000,000.00 |
60,000,000,000.00 |
Total Subscription ( |
137,650,000,000.00 |
123,560,000,000.00 |
283,950,000,000.00 |
Allotment ( |
32,990,000,000.00 |
16,220,000,000.00 |
50,790,000,000.00 |
Range of Bid Rates (%) |
7.9000 - 12.5000 |
10.0000 - 13.3500 |
11.5400 - 13.1600 |
Stop rates (%) |
8.20000 |
11.0000 |
12.1500 |
Previous stop rates (%) |
9.2000 |
11.7000 |
12.6000 |
Bid-to-Cover Ratio |
3.4x |
2.5x |
4.7x |
Allotment Ratio |
0.2x |
0.1x |
0.2x |
Going into the week, we anticipate some
activities in the secondary market due to unfilled bids (N445.2bn) from
last week's PMA. Our recommendation is for investors
to cherry pick bonds with attractive yields across the ccurve.
Please see indicative FGN bond rates below:
Bond |
Tenor (Years) |
Yield (%) |
Coupon (%) |
Implied Price |
Jul-21 |
1 |
3.60 |
14.50 |
111.28 |
Jan-22 |
2 |
3.70 |
16.39 |
119.50 |
Apr-23 |
3 |
6.25 |
12.75 |
116.69 |
Mar-24 |
4 |
6.65 |
14.20 |
124.53 |
Mar-25 |
5 |
6.45 |
13.53 |
128.55 |
Jan-26 |
6 |
7.45 |
12.50 |
122.71 |
Mar-27 |
7 |
8.60 |
16.29 |
138.65 |
Feb-28 |
8 |
8.50 |
13.98 |
130.39 |
Apr-29 |
9 |
8.70 |
14.55 |
135.55 |
Jul-34 |
14 |
9.60 |
12.15 |
119.44 |
Mar-36 |
16 |
9.60 |
12.40 |
122.46 |
Apr-37 |
17 |
9.70 |
16.25 |
153.76 |
Apr-49 |
29 |
10.80 |
14.80 |
135.21 |
Rates are valid till 01:45pm today (22-June-2020)
*Please note that the
minimum subscription for T-Bills is N20,000,000.00
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