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Another Dubai real estate firm priced fresh sukuk well inside its curve
After a very busy period since June began, the pipeline has thinned out
Another Saudi lender is preparing a senior debut
Strong performance of recent Gulf capital deals bodes well for the upcoming sale
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Bank Islam Malaysia is set to launch a MR1bn Basel III compliant sukuk programme, following a trend among Malaysian banks this year.
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Goldman Sachs’ sukuk has provided a useful lesson for other conventional borrowers looking at the asset class. Opinions are divided on the merits of non-Islamic borrowers testing the market, but bankers both close to and away from the deal agree that a wider distribution would be better for future debuts.
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Escalating tensions in Turkey overnight led to a softening in bond prices on Wednesday, adding to a month long sell-off in the country. But bankers aren't expecting primary supply to be affected, with financial issuers likely to be opportunistic.
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Recent Middle East financial bond issues have had mixed fortunes in the secondary market, but Goldman Sachs’s debut sukuk has notably underperformed since its mid-September pricing – with some investors and bankers away from the deal suggesting that this resulted both from exaggerated orders and from a persistent uneasiness the market has with borrowers it considers un-Islamic”.
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The Kazakhstan sovereign printed its $2.5bn dual tranche bond on Monday, finally sating demand that had built for the country’s bonds over the last decade and re-pricing the curves of its quasi-sovereign borrowers. Leads built an $11bn book for the bond despite pricing inside emerging markets behemoth Brazil and being the first ever sovereign to adopt ICMA’s full range of recommendations for a collective action clause.
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Raising one’s game from regional bank to global is a risky strategy at the best of times, so for National Bank of Abu Dhabi to attempt the move when other firms are retrenching and streamlining their businesses is bound to draw some scepticism.