Middle East Bonds
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The emirate of Sharjah will be ready to launch its debut sukuk next week after starting investor meetings on Wednesday. A Middle East market awash with liquidity will welcome the deal with open arms, but the issuer is still likely to offer a concession relative to the main comparable Ras Al-Khaimah, said one investor. -
The Kingdom of Bahrain has mandated Citi, Gulf International Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ and Standard Chartered Bank to arrange a long dated benchmark Reg S/144A dollar bond.
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Burgan Bank has scheduled investor meetings for the first ever international perpetual tier one bond from a Kuwaiti issuer. The Reg S benchmark dollar bond is being arranged by Citi, HSBC, JP Morgan and National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
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The Kingdom of Bahrain has mandated Citi, Gulf International Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ and Standard Chartered Bank to arrange a long dated benchmark Reg S/144A dollar bond.
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Burgan Bank has set investor meetings for the first ever international perpetual tier one bond from Kuwait. The Reg S benchmark dollar bond is being arranged by Citi, HSBC, JP Morgan and National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
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Burgan Bank has set investor meetings for the first ever international perpetual tier one bond from Kuwait. The Reg S benchmark dollar bond is being arranged by Citi, HSBC, JP Morgan and National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
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Kuwaiti telecoms firm Zain is looking to issue bonds and sukuk for the first time in its history – in what could also be the first sukuk deal from Kuwait in over 16 months.
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The Central Bank of Bahrain has sold BD36m ($95.4m) of its monthly sukuk al salam, but demand for the paper has fallen in the last two months.
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National Bank of Abu Dhabi is set to embark on a hiring push as it makes its bid for the top in loans, bonds and sukuk origination.
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First Gulf Bank has hired Michael Aissaoui as head of corporate finance advisory. Aissaoui was hired from National Bank of Abu Dhabi where he held the very same role since 2012.
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Egyptian financial authorities will meet with market participants on Wednesday to discuss a revised version of the country’s sukuk law, an official at the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) told IFIS.
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Giles Borten, co-head of EMEA corporate debt capital markets and sole head of EMEA leveraged finance at UBS, has left the bank, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital.
