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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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South Africa priced a $500m debut sukuk to yield 3.9% on Wednesday afternoon — a landmark deal in a continent enjoying an influx of Islamic money. But as with other inaugural sukuk offerings there was no hint of consensus over the sukuk’s concession to the conventional curve. -
Luxembourg has set dates for investor meetings ahead of the first euro denominated sukuk from a sovereign entity, and the prospective five year bond could be priced flat to mid-swaps, said a banker on the deal.
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The South Africa sukuk might well go fine, but that doesn’t mean it was a good idea. The country is in no position to pay away basis points for spurious long term diversification benefits, and has no ambition to build a domestic Islamic finance market.
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Goldman Sachs priced a $500m debt sukuk deal on Monday with just a 5bp premium over its conventional curve.
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The Republic of South Africa started execution on its first ever sukuk on Tuesday. Debt bankers away from the bond saw the starting point 30bp back of the sovereign's conventional curve. But syndicate officials on the deal said the sukuk had started 20bp wide of where a conventional note in the same tenor would be priced.
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The Republic of South Africa has set the tenor on its prospective debut sukuk, and plans to release initial price thoughts early this week. The borrower’s conventional bonds widened 5bp Monday, which some debt bankers away from the deal ascribed to the National Treasury’s plan to close the funding gap for state electricity provider Eskom. But others argued it was in line with wider market weakness.
