Middle East Bonds
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Jordan doubled the size of its January 2026s on Wednesday with a well-received $500m reopening.
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Jordan is on track to add to its dollar-denominated January 2026s after releasing initial price thoughts for a tap on Wednesday morning. -
Saudi Arabian water company ACWA has resurrected its debut deal, thanks to improved market conditions after the trade, which was first announced in November, was delayed. The return of the deal sees Citi bumped up to join Jefferies on the top line.
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Saudi Arabia’s $9bn sukuk was, for the second time, a staggering market debut from the sovereign. But size came at a price and the issuer paid up over its conventional curve, writes Virginia Furness.
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Mubadala raised $1.5bn in the bond market on Tuesday with a dual tranche seven and 12 year deal, the deal was well subscribed but didn’t come as tight to the sovereign as Mubadala’s previous issue.
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Orders for Saudi Arabia’s debut sukuk were over $25bn on Wednesday morning allowing the borrower to tighten pricing ever closer to its conventional curve.
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Orders for Saudi Arabia’s debut sukuk were over $17.5bn at the first official update on Tuesday afternoon.
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Two large emerging market corporates were out with multi-tranche deals on Tuesday, Kazakhstan’s state owned oil company and Abu Dhabi sovereign investment fund Mubadala.
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Issuers from the Gulf have taken over emerging markets bonds with Saudi Arabia on track to print its debut sukuk on Tuesday. Multiple tranche deals are the flavour of the week with Romania, Mubadala and KazmunayGas all offering multi-faceted deals.
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Saudi Arabia was offering up a 20bp-25bp NIP over its conventional bonds at price talk for its debut sukuk on Tuesday, as banker’s debated where the deal will land relative to it’s conventional bond debut.
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Dubai retailer Damac Real Estate was out with a five year sukuk on Monday — a deal which featured a Russian bookrunner for the first time on a Gulf deal — as Mubadala marketed a conventional dual tranche dollar bond following its merger with IPIC.
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