The 2018 ranking of Primary Dealers (SVT) will be unveiled on Monday by Agence UMOA Titres. According to exclusive information, the Regional Bank of Senegal Markets (BRMS) is the first SVT in Benin, Guinea Bissau, Niger and Senegal. SIB (Attijariwafa Bank Group) stands out for its part on the Ivorian market which has the largest number of players. In Benin, the BRM dethroned Ecobank. A situation on the contrary on the Malian market.

The classification is carried out by the Agence UMOA-Titres in its mission of coordinator of the Securities Market. The objective of the operation is to achieve a more dynamic Public Securities Market in all its compartments, ie both on the primary market and on the secondary market, resulting in an overall ranking.

The evaluation was carried out on the basis of a scale of 100 points distributed as follows:

50 points for participation in auctions,

35 points for secondary market presence and

15 points for quality of service.

The ranking related to all the missions of the SVTs, ie their participation in issues, their level of contribution on the secondary market and finally the quality of their collaboration with the National Treasuries. Each of these three assessed indicators is of particular importance in the perspective of an efficient regional Public Securities Market.

As a reminder, the stakeholders of the Public Securities Market are made up of issuers, market intermediaries, investors and partners. Among the market intermediaries, some banks and Management and Intermediation Companies (SGI) have the additional status of Specialists in Treasury Securities (SVT). This means that these establishments are approved by the Public Treasuries of the Member States as privileged but non-exclusive partners of one or more States. These establishments have specific obligations within the framework of operations linked to the Public Securities Market, in return for which they benefit from certain exclusive advantages.