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UK’s slow sukuk plan puts Luxembourg in lead

The United Kingdom appears to have conceded defeat to tiny Luxembourg in the race to issue Europe’s first sovereign sukuk, Islamic finance practitioners said this week after it emerged that the UK deal is unlikely before October, writes Dan Alderson.

  • By Dan Alderson
  • 24 Jan 2014

Although the UK government plans to make an announcement on its inaugural deal before July, according to a source with knowledge of the situation, it will look to the fourth quarter to issue. HSBC is frontrunner to arrange the deal, they added.

“If the UK’s October timeframe is ...

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European Sovereign Bonds

Rank Lead Manager Amount €m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 16,032.07 25 9.77%
2 Barclays 15,041.98 19 9.17%
3 Citi 13,795.56 24 8.41%
4 HSBC 11,845.99 17 7.22%
5 BNP Paribas 10,802.75 16 6.58%

Dollar Denominated SSA (Excl US Agency)

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Citi 39,984.80 109 11.91%
2 JPMorgan 29,288.84 79 8.72%
3 HSBC 28,343.59 71 8.44%
4 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 27,301.17 79 8.13%
5 Goldman Sachs 24,436.35 54 7.28%

Bookrunners of Euro Denominated SSA (Excl US Agency)

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 35,503.26 95 8.03%
2 HSBC 31,898.18 113 7.22%
3 Barclays 31,737.51 60 7.18%
4 UniCredit 30,989.16 83 7.01%
5 BNP Paribas 27,189.65 67 6.15%

Bookrunners of Global SSA (Excl US Agency)

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 77,286.41 442 6.87%
2 Citi 76,173.45 276 6.77%
3 HSBC 71,815.20 281 6.38%
4 Barclays 59,526.84 228 5.29%
5 Deutsche Bank 51,825.04 163 4.61%