Baghdad – WAA – Wissam Al-Mulla
The Securities Commission confirmed on Wednesday that the government had successfully completed the sale of financial bonds, while indicating that many foreign investors had purchased those bonds.
The head of the authority, Faisal Al-Haimus, said in a statement to the (INA): “The government has successfully completed the sale of financial bonds,” indicating that “all financial bonds that were sold were subscribed to, and this reflects the strength and stability of the State of Iraq.”
He pointed out that “there are many foreign investors who bought financial bonds, and this reflects the stability of the Iraqi state.”
Government bonds are a type of debt-based investment where you lend money to a government in exchange for an agreed-upon interest rate. Governments use them to raise money that can be spent on infrastructure or new projects, and investors can use them to earn set returns that are paid at regular intervals.