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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 13,503.69 19 12.05%
2 Citi 11,025.37 16 9.84%
3 HSBC 10,438.07 12 9.31%
4 BNP Paribas 8,371.12 12 7.47%
5 Barclays 7,970.77 10 7.11%

Dollar Denominated SSA (Excl US Agency)

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 Citi 19,258.86 44 11.87%
2 JPMorgan 17,028.13 38 10.49%
3 Barclays 12,294.11 26 7.58%
4 Deutsche Bank 10,542.52 22 6.50%
5 HSBC 10,251.20 23 6.32%

Bookrunners of Euro Denominated SSA (Excl US Agency)

Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 26,458.47 51 10.07%
2 HSBC 19,545.39 55 7.44%
3 Credit Agricole CIB 18,751.24 38 7.14%
4 BNP Paribas 18,161.36 34 6.91%
5 Barclays 17,311.25 36 6.59%

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Rank Lead Manager Amount $m No of issues Share %
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1 JPMorgan 47,449.43 200 7.97%
2 HSBC 39,313.57 137 6.61%
3 Citi 38,524.37 111 6.47%
4 Barclays 35,828.56 113 6.02%
5 Deutsche Bank 28,791.52 81 4.84%