For over a decade, Zambia has focused on stepping up public investment to address its infrastructure issues. However, this has strained the fiscal budget and widened the deficit to 8.2% in FY19 (FY18: 7.6%, FY10: 3.0%), largely on account of accelerated interest payments. In December 2019, the country failed to repay loans borrowed from AfDB and was thus placed under sanctions. The sanction was lifted, after Zambia repaid the outstanding due. To address the distress, the government hired advisors in May 2020, expecting to restructure debt and strengthen.

For over a decade, Zambia has focused on stepping up public investment to address its infrastructure issues. However, this has strained the fiscal budget and widened the deficit to 8.2% in FY19 (FY18: 7.6%, FY10: 3.0%), largely on account of accelerated interest payments. In December 2019, the country failed to repay loans borrowed from AfDB and was thus placed under sanctions. The sanction was lifted, after Zambia repaid the outstanding due. To address the distress, the government hired advisors in May 2020, expecting to restructure debt and strengthen.

Debtwire Par has partnered with its sister product Mergermarket to produce a comprehensive overview of US Buyout and LBO financing trends, including extensive advisory league tables.   Key Trends in 1H20: US buyout investments recorded 194 deals worth USD 15.1bn in Q2, down 46.8% by deal count compared to Q1 this year (365 deals, USD 49.9bn), and the lowest Q2 deal count since 2014. In the first half of the year, 559 buyout deals were announced worth USD 64.9bn, down 27.4% compared with 1H19 by deal count (770 deals, USD 137.1bn). During.