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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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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Luxembourg’s debut in the sukuk market last week was a great advert for the asset class and rounded off a run of ground-breaking deals from new borrowers. But despite bankers reporting interest from other European sovereigns in the aftermath – and suggestions the Grand Duchy itself will return next year – it is unlikely that its western neighbours will follow soon.
  • Any lull in the international sukuk market after September’s record monthly issuance is set to be brief, say bankers, with the Republic of Turkey looking likely to be at the front of the next flurry of deals.
  • National Bank of Abu Dhabi will underscore its commitment to its wholesale banking business by splitting the UK part of its operations from its private banking arm and moving as many as 100 staff to Canary Wharf.
  • The biggest month ever for international sukuk issuance has drastically rearranged the bookrunner league table as the market enters the final quarter of 2014. The barrage of benchmark deals has put a podium finish within reach for National Bank of Abu Dhabi, pulled CIMB up four places and sent Deutsche Bank down by the same number.