FMDQ Exchange admits Parthian Partners’ N20bn commercial paper

FMDQ Exchange admits Parthian Partners’ N20bn commercial paper

FMDQ Securities Exchange has registered the Parthian Partners Limited N20 billion Commercial Paper (CP) Programme to its platform as part of its efforts to assist corporates access funds from the debt capital market (DCM).

The DCM has continued to witness significant activity among corporates seeking a viable avenue to raise capital to meet their financing needs.

According to the FMDQ, the registration of the CP programme strategically positions Parthian Partners Limited to raise short-term finance from the DCM with speed at a time in the future when it determines suitable, through CP issues within the CP Programme limit.

Parthian Partners provides competitive wholesale brokerage services in the African over-the-counter (OTC) markets, and trades in Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds and treasury bills, state government bonds, local contractor bonds, corporate bonds and eurobonds, providing regular market updates and liaising with market participants and regulators in the African markets to provide independent research on the African fixed income market.

FMDQ said in support of the growth and revitalisation of the Nigerian economy, it championed the resuscitation of the CP market to provide corporate and commercial businesses with the opportunity to meet their short-term funding requirements, whilst building their profiles within the Nigerian DCM.

“In addition to its commendable and efficient registration process, FMDQ Exchange, through its quotation service, will provide stakeholders and market participants with credible and real-time information as part of the exchange’s commitment to facilitate transparency in the fixed income market space,” it said.