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Turkish oil and gas firm offers a pickup to its parent and most other CEEMEA sukuk
Where the company's deal prices relative to its parent will be the topic of investor roadshows
Benin showed Islamic issuance is a viable market for sub-Saharan African sovereigns
Investors are still showing big demand for the Dubai real estate firm's sukuk despite two sell-offs in a year
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  • Struggling South African electricity provider Eskom paid up to 40bp new issue premium to place its $1.25bn 10 year bond on Thursday. Investors responded positively to the offer, despite the ongoing problems faced by the state owned company, according to bankers.
  • Pakistan Mobile Communications (Mobilink) plans to issue Prk6.6bn in sukuk before the end of March, with a guarantee from multinational agency GuarantCo. The deal is GuarantCo’s first Islamic transaction, but the agency’s mandate makes it a good fit for Islamic finance.
  • A 367 day loan? Could that have been designed to tick a regulatory box? Of course it could. But don't scoff - banks have always gone right up to the line of compliance - and they always will.
  • National Bank of Abu Dhabi has released initial price thoughts for a five year dollar benchmark at 90bp over mid-swaps, equating to only around a 10bp pick-up from the secondary trading of its August 2019s.
  • Halkbank is on track to price the third financial bond from Turkey this year and is out in the market with a new $500m six year bond.
  • Demand for Shariah compliant real estate investment, particularly from the Gulf, has jumped even as oil prices have tumbled, Philip Churchill, founder and managing partner of 90 North, told IFIS. The firm is expecting its assets under management to double in 2015, as clients seek Shariah compliant property assets in the UK, Europe and the US.