– Aiming at expanding its Euro-based interactions, the head of the Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran announced the consideration of launching Euro dealt Kish International Iran Stock Exchange within the next 2 months in the exchange High Council; this market is to host foreign companies, mostly from countries with less cooperation with the US, including adjacent neighbors and European trade partners as well as domestic players.
– Today 10% of Saman Kish E-payment co. shares went public on Tehran Stock Exchange through book building method. The price range was from IRR 6,200 to 6,500 per share and each trading code could only place an order for 5000 shares (ultimately each code received only 1,787 shares). Ultimately price at IRR 6,500, the company record a P/E ratio of 6.2 with a TTM P/E of 7.0 (the sector benchmark rate stands at 8.60). Below pie chart shows the market share of Saman Kish contrary to its other rivals in the industry.
– Iranian Islamic T-Bills have shown a strange behaviour since our last update. After a solid ascending trend just a week ago, the curve for longer maturities is now on a descending path. The below image demonstrates the details of outstanding T-Bills issues on Iran debt market.
– Deputy chair of Iranian Supreme National Security Council announced the ratification of Combating the Financing of Terrorism act on the parliament (Iran joins CFT). However, in order for national interest to count in as well, senators added a few conditions to the bill. Most important of those is the fact that upon a conflict between the constitution and bill articles, the base would the constitution for enforcement. This (Iran joins CFT) could lead to a better status for Iran in FATF grey list and eventually ends in a permanent exit from the shortlist.
– Following its strategic plans in regards to developing new underlying assets in derivative contracts, the first Saffron Futures Contracts for delivery in September will be launched on Iran Mercantile Exchange since this Wednesday. Over the past months, negotiations have been held with practitioners in the agriculture space, bodies involved as well as brokerage firms in Tehran and Mashhad. Each contract size will be 100 grams of saffron as the underlying asset with daily price fluctuation range of 3%.
– After the previous successful underwriting of IRR 4,500 bn (USD 107.14 mn) worth Sukuk Ijarah for Iran Telecommunication Company, a new round of corporate Sukuk Ijarah (equity backed) now worth IRR 8,000 bn (USD 190 mn) is to be published on Tehran Stock Exchange. The underlying asset of this new issue is 567,818,866 shares of HMRZ1 priced at IRR 14,089 apiece. The yield would be 16%, payments scheduled for every 3 months (quarterly) and these securities will be matured in 4 years.
– Today a new piece of corporate Sukuk is to going to be underwritten on Iran Fara Bourse. The new Ijarah Sukuk securities will be issued by Saba Naft construction and engineering Co and have a nominal yield of 15%. With a maturity of 48 months and coupon frequency of 3 times per year (quarterly), SN1Q1 securities worth IRR 920 bn (cUSD 21.9 mn).
– A banking official stated that charging higher fees on banking services (mostly transactions of POS, etc.) can lead to lowering interest rates on granted facilities; in fact, he said that in case this process continues for 3 years, the interest rate might come down to 14% and the rate on facilities would also reduce to below 10% in Iranian banking sector. The current imbalanced situation for on-account risk-free deposit rate (20%) and banking facilities (around 28%) led most banks to their incompetence.
– Finally, after rounds of pointless speculations, last night the US president announced his country’s withdrawal from JCPoA. Agah Group analysts broke down its aftermaths on Iran Capital Market. Short term vision is range bounced sessions with no targeted ups and downs waiting for EU response. Meantime, the administration shall devaluate IRR gradually in order to avoid sudden emotional FX mayhem.
– Aiming at improving their financial status by getting rid of their excess assets and cutting their costs, the Central Bank of Iran’s latest report proves a 0.3% decline in Iranian banks’ branches (to stand at 20,723) at the end of previous year (March 21st) in comparison with the prior year.