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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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Tunisia has picked banks for a 144A/Reg S conventional dollar deal and starts investor meetings on Friday. The lead manager line up contains some of the same banks that were attached to a debut sukuk the sovereign had intended to launch in 2014. But that transaction — although still planned — has been delayed while Tunisia tweaks its sukuk legislation, said debt bankers.
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Dubai Islamic Bank is set to price the Middle East’s first international bond of the year on Wednesday, after receiving more than $2bn in orders. The starting point was slightly higher than some syndicate officials away from the deal had expected, but given the Basel III compliant structure one investor felt the initial price thoughts offered fair value.
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Dubai World's announcement this week that it is closing in on another restructuring of its $14.6bn debt promise a big and timely kick of the can down the road for the emirate. But the overall picture for Dubai is deteriorating, structural problems remain and investors should strap themselves in for the bumpiest ride since the financial crisis.
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Dubai World, which is trying to restructure its $14.6bn debt burden for the second time in four years, has received the backing of more than two thirds of its creditors, the state-owned investment company has said.
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National Bank of Abu Dhabi has hired Wynce Low as its first head of debt origination and distribution for South East Asia. The firm has raced up the international sukuk league table in recent years, and is hoping to drum up new business in sukuk and conventional format in Asia, the bank’s global head of debt origination told IFIS.
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Pakistani financial NIB Bank has appointed Atif Bokhari as its new director and chief executive officer.