Mali's first exit into the regional financial market since the inauguration of Assimi Goïta was a breath of fresh air, as political and security uncertainty persists. This issue of equivalent Treasury bonds enabled the country to raise 46 billion FCFA.

The operation carried out on Wednesday, June 16, is a success, especially since the order book for Malian public securities reached 46 billion FCFA, or nearly twice the amount put up for auction (25 billion). For this issue of 364-day equivalent Treasury bills, investors mainly from Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, and Senegal demanded an average interest rate of 3.82%. The average yield to maturity, which indicates how much a bond yields, is expected at 3.95%.

This exit brings to 420 billion FCFA the total amount raised on the public securities market by Mali since the beginning of this year, i.e. 135 billion FCFA of assimilable Treasury bonds (maturity less than one year) and 284.8 billion FCFA of assimilable Treasury bonds (more than one year of maturity). While support has been scarce since the resumption of power by the military junta, which subsequently appointed a civilian Prime Minister, this bond issue is a breath of fresh air for Bamako