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South Africa Bond Market (Quarterly Report)

A quarterly overview of the movement of capital market yields, prices and returns and of bond market yield spreads. Returns on bonds are shown in comparison with equity and cash returns. Recent bond trading statistics are provided along with a breakdown of the issuers and ownership of South African bonds.


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South Africa Bond Market — January 2021 Report

26 January 2021

Since peaking at more than 18% (nominal yields) in September 1998, long-term SA bond yields have declined to below 7% by May 2013.

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South Africa Bond Market (Quarterly Report) - November 2019

15 November 2019

For the 12-months ended September 2019, nominal bond returns ranked first with a 10% return.

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South Africa Bond Market (Quarterly Report) - September 2019

11 September 2019

Bigger counter-cyclical and infrastructure spending, SOE support and elaborate education, welfare and health systems envisaged by government over the next few years, will cause upward pressure on the state’s borrowing requirement as a ratio of GDP.

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South Africa Bond Market (Quarterly Report) - April 2019

25 April 2019

S&P; and Fitch awarded junk status to SA in April 2017 following president Zuma’s cabinet reshuffles.

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South Africa Bond Market (Quarterly Report) - November 2018

02 November 2018

Standard & Poor’s and Fitch awarded junk status to SA in April 2017 following president Zuma’s cabinet reshuffles.

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South Africa Bond Market (Quarterly Report) - July 2018

27 July 2018

Yields moved higher during most of 2017 but have fallen sharply in early 2018 after the election of Ramaphosa as President.

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South Africa Bond Market (Quarterly Report) - May 2018

15 May 2018

For the 12-months ending April 2018, bonds have outperformed other SA asset classes and was also the only asset class to have beaten inflation.

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South Africa Bond Market (Quarterly Report) - February 2018

22 February 2018

Ratings agencies have gradually been downgrading SA’s sovereign risk rating since 2013.

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South Africa Bond Market (Quarterly Report) - August 2017

04 August 2017

Emerging market currencies and asset classes have been under pressure since late 2013 after the US announced that it will taper and eventually end its policy of quantitative easing.

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South Africa Bond Market (Quarterly Report) - May 2017

10 May 2017

Over the past five years, nominal returns on most South African major asset classes ranged between 4.4% (for small cap shares) and 14.1% (for Real Estate Investment Trusts).

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