World’s Worst Currency Slump Gleaning Rewards for Nigeria
- Currency has declined more than peers since oil price crash
- Nigerian T-Bills offering market-beating returns, Exotix says
A petrol station attendant counts Nigerian's currency, the naira, depicting Nigeria's first president, in Abuja, Nigeria.
Photographer: Suzanne Plunkett/Bloomberg NewsMore than two months after Nigeria allowed its currency to devalue, the country is starting to reap some dividends.
In the past two weeks, Exotix Partners LLP and Standard Bank Group Ltd. have told clients, most of whom fled after the country started imposing capital controls from late 2014, that they should start buying naira assets again. The worst-performing currency this year among more than 150 globally has depreciated 37 percent against the dollar since the central bank abandoned its peg on June 20, while bond yields have jumped to more than 20 percent. The naira strengthened 4.6 percent to 315 per dollar on Tuesday after falling to a record 350.25 on Aug. 19.