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The country's curve has rallied since the US and Iran agreed on a peace MoU
Most of the demand came from local investors, as one banker expected
Price was 'way off' fair value, according to a source on the deal
Rare borrowers Burjeel Holdings and Avilease also marketing deals
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Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has picked banks for a tier one dollar sukuk, and is preparing to kick off what debt bankers expect to be a rush of tier one issuance in conventional and Islamic format from the Middle East. -
China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Ningxia) is looking for new funding channels in 2015 and could opt for sukuk and/or conventional offshore dollar bonds for total funding of $1.5bn. A sukuk deal would make Ningxia the first ever Chinese issuer of sukuk, and tapping the offshore market would make it the first Chinese sub-sovereign issuer to tap overseas markets without using a subsidiary company as the issuing vehicle.
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Bangladesh’s central bank has started providing regular auctions of Islamic bonds for domestic banks with Islamic operations to buy.
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Turkish lender Kuveyt Turk completed a $350m murabaha loan over new year, increasing the size on the back of high demand. The reception bodes well for the borrower’s planned sale of up to M$2bn in sukuk, for which it has already mandated.
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As the year draws to a close the international sukuk league table looks set. HSBC and Standard Chartered are safe in their traditional top spots. But the big winners this year are Middle East and Malaysian banks, who have fought their way up the sukuk league table at the expense of Western competitors
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Omani lender Alizz Islamic Bank has announced the opening of a new branch in Sohar as a part of its expansion strategy in the country.
