Global sukuk issuance equals full year 2011 record

Global issuance of sukuk in 2012 was on the cusp of passing 2011’s full year figure ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid on Monday. According to data from IFIS, a sister publication of EuroWeek, there has been $92.09bn worth of deals so far this year, from 522 sukuk tranches and 90 issuers, compared to $92.67bn for the whole of last year.