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◆ Why emerging market issuers are doing less in dollars ◆ Republic of Congo located between rock and hard place ◆ The GlobalCapital Podcast was brought to you by the numbers 17, 100 and the whole Alphabet
The yield was ultra high but Congo had little room to manoeuvre
Benin showed Islamic issuance is a viable market for sub-Saharan African sovereigns
Observers have questioned why the country is issuing debt at this price
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Jordan will look to issue both local and foreign currency sukuk early next year, with ministry and central bank officials meeting over the next two to three weeks to discuss the debut plans.
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While sukuk issuance so far in 2014 has lagged last year and 2012 (the busiest for that asset class yet), Emaar Mall’s recent $1.5bn financing has taken Islamic loans into post-crisis record territory, according to the IFIS Loans Database.
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Pan-African financial institution Ecobank has signed a $200m trade finance facility, which it will use to lend to African companies and small and medium sized enterprises.
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Morocco plans to finalise its Islamic banking bill by September, after presenting an overdue draft law to the lower house of its parliament on Wednesday.
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority has weighed into the long-running industry debate over whether national or company Shariah boards are the way forward for Islamic finance, by recommending a combined approach.
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Angola's state owned oil firm Sonangol is preparing to launch a $2bn seven year pre-export finance facility into senior syndication.