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Gulf investors 'will now look at every deal', whether sukuk or not
Demand from the Middle East for the sukuk was steady
Bond pricing for the mining company started about 43bp back of its parent
Sovereign wealth fund takes $2bn, as aimed at
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National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is meeting investors this week to offer an update on its recently announced financial results. A senior dollar bond may follow.
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Barclays will include Malaysian government local currency sukuk in its Global Aggregate Index from April 1 — the first time non-hard currency sukuk have made it into the index. The sovereign sukuk won inclusion based on liquidity, and the fact that sukuk make up an increasingly large proportion of Malaysian government debt, said a Barclays analyst. -
African sovereign sukuk issuance could grow in the next two years, Bank of London and the Middle East (BLME) believes. But other analysts predict only one or two Africa sovereigns will follow South Africa into the international sukuk market.
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Egypt is preparing to follow Tunisia’s landmark return to the international bond market as investors shrug off conflict in Syria and the oil price’s collapse to regain appetite for Middle Eastern credits. Underscored by this week’s $1bn deal, confidence in the region has rebounded to levels last seen before the Arab Spring in 2011, writes Virginia Furness.
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A strong reception to a 10 year Eurobond from Tunisia this week — its first conventional bond since the Arab Spring — marks a large step towards Tunisia’s political and economic rehabilitation, said emerging markets bankers.
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The Republic of Tunisia is planning a five year dollar denominated sukuk in the third quarter of this year and is considering what assets to use, Hakim Ben Hammouda, the country’s finance minister, told IFIS.
