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S&P DJI
16th June 2025
Unpacking the Dynamics of African Sovereign Bonds with the iBoxx LSF USD African Sovereigns Index

 

Finadium
16th June 2025
LSF releases Africa GC repo basket with major triparty agents

 

Securities Finance Times
16th June 2025
LSF and leading institutions establish a standardised Africa Triparty Repo basket

 

Securities Finance Times
27th May 2025
Triparty repo: A lever for boosting liquidity (p40)
https://www.securitiesfinancetimes.com/sltimes/issue.php?issuelink=https://www.securitiesfinancetimes.com/sltimes/SFT_issue_378.pdf&issue_id=484

 

Securities Finance Times
19th May 2025
LSF partners with Qantara AM

 

Finadium
19th May 2025
LSF and Qantara AM team up for African sovereign eurobonds analytics

 

Securities Finance Times
13 May 2025
LSF becomes Euroclear direct member

 

Finadium
13 May 2025
Africa bond investors get access to Euroclear triparty repo as LSF becomes direct member

 

Securities Finance Times
5th February 2025
LSF selects Bhagat to chair CRC

 
S&P DJI
4th February 2025
iBoxx LSF USD African Sovereigns – 2024 in Review
https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/commentary/market-commentary-iboxx-lsf-usd-african-sovereigns-year-end-2024.pdf
 

S&P DJI
5 November 2024
Digging into African Debt with the iBoxx LSF USD African Sovereigns
 
Financial Times
12 September 2024
Practice of law: best examples in legal work
https://www.ft.com/content/20c965ed-3072-4447-8004-915db1713b18
 

Africa Business +
25 July 2024
LSF prepares new transaction on African sovereign Eurobonds
https://www.africabusinessplus.com/en/820184/lsf-prepares-new-transaction-on-african-sovereign-eurobonds/#

 

African Capital Markets News
25 July 2024
New bond index may cut Africa debt costs

 

Bloomberg
23 July 2024
Sovereign Index to Bring Transparency to African Bond Market

 

Prosper Africa
28 June 2024
The Liquidity Sustainability Facility and S&P Dow Jones Indices Collaborate on Launch of African Sovereigns Index
https://www.prosperafrica.gov/news/the-liquidity-sustainability-facility-and-sp-dow-jones-indices-collaborate-on-launch-of-african-sovereigns-index/

Mobilist
28 June 2024
Mobilist hosts launch of the iboxx lsf usd african sovereigns index
https://www.mobilistglobal.com/news-views-events/mobilist-hosts-launch-of-the-iboxx-lsf-usd-african-sovereigns-index/

IFR
28 June 2024
LSF bolsters flow to lift african repo
https://www.ifre.com/story/4671935/lsf-bolsters-flow-to-lift-african-repo-g2mzvwkfgv

Finadium
28 June 2024
LSF repo facility licenses S&P DJI Africa benchmark
https://finadium.com/lsf-repo-facility-licenses-sp-dji-africa-benchmark/

Securities Finance Times
28 June 2024
S&P Dow Jones Indices and LSF launch African Sovereign Index
https://www.securitiesfinancetimes.com/securitieslendingnews/repoarticle.php?article_id=227144&navigationaction=home&page=1&newssection=Repo

Global Custodian
14 June 2024
Euroclear and LSF partner to launch repo solution for African Eurobonds.
https://www.globalcustodian.com/euroclear-and-lsf-partner-to-launch-repo-solution-for-african-eurobonds/

Finadium
12 June 2024
Euroclear announced it’s working with the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) to create a repo solution for African Sovereign Eurobonds.
https://finadium.com/euroclear-and-lsf-to-launch-interbank-repo-for-africa-eurobonds/

Securities Finance Times
2 April 2024
Bolstering African liquidity
https://www.securitiesfinancetimes.com/sltimes/issue.php?issuelink=https://www.securitiesfinancetimes.com/sltimes/SFT_issue_349.pdf&issueNo=349&year=2024&newssection=magazine

 

La Tribune
19 December 2023
Dette africaine : pourquoi des géants de la finance se mobilisent
https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/banques-finance/industrie-financiere/det[…]-pourquoi-des-geants-de-la-finance-se-mobilisent-986217.html

 

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Press releases

28 June 2024
S&P DJI iBoxx® LSF USD African Sovereigns
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12 June 2024
Euroclear and LSF announcement PR : working together to create a repo solution for African Sovereign Eurobonds.

6 March 2024
The Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) appoints Gabriele Frediani as Head of Development and market infrastructure coverage, Europe.

14th November 2022
The LSF 100 million inaugural transaction with Afreximbank and Citi at Cop 27.

22nd September 2022
Dr Vera Songwe appointed Chairwoman of the Board of the Liquidity & Sustainability Facility (“LSF”)

19th May 2022
The United Nations ECA outlines path for African sovereign debt liquidity and sustainability at the Conference of African Ministers of Finance thanks to the Liquidity & Sustainability Facility it established and with the support of BNY Mellon and Amundi

3rd November 2021
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa announces at COP 26 it is establishing a Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) that could reach USD 30 billion to support sovereign African Eurobond liquidity and ensure debt sustainability

French Republic Presidency
18th May 2021
Summit on the financing of African economies

About The Liquidity and Sustainability Facility 
The LSF was designed with the support of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and Afreximbank with the dual objective of supporting the liquidity of African Sovereigns Eurobonds and incentivizing SDG-related investments such as SDG and green bonds on the African continent.

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