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Hong Kong’s landmark sukuk comes with a host of potential benefits for the wider Islamic finance market, Rafe Haneef, chief executive of HSBC Amanah Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur told IFIS. The deal’s success should help encourage other regional sovereigns to consider sukuk, but also has valuable implications for the dim sum and mainland Chinese markets. -
The International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) has finalised its lead manager line up and will meet buyers on a deal roadshow ahead of the debut sukuk transaction.
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Hong Kong put its distinctive stamp on the burgeoning international sukuk market this week, as the first non-Islamic Asian sovereign to tap the asset class. That novelty proved no obstacle, though, with the $1bn five year deal meeting an enthusiastic response and adding momentum to the city’s aspiration of becoming a regional Islamic financing hub, write Isabella Zhong and Rev Hui.
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The Kingdom of Bahrain set a benchmark for its borrowers to follow when it issued the country’s first 30 year bond this week. Movements in the underlying US Treasury market sidelined some emerging market accounts but a final book of almost $6bn ensured a minimal new issue premium for a bond providing an important reference point for Bahraini project finance.
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The Emirate of Sharjah sold a $750m inaugural sukuk off a $7.8bn order book on Wednesday. The borrower brought in a host of conventional accounts in addition to a strong local bid, and watched its bond tighten 6bp in the secondary market despite pricing some 20bp-45bp inside the curves of regional comparables, according to debt bankers on the deal.
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The Government of the Hong Kong SAR opened books on its inaugural sukuk on Wednesday and priced the bond on the same day. It's $1bn five year deal was four times subscribed halfway through execution, and represents a crucial step in government's efforts to establish its Islamic finance credentials.
