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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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Corporate and infrastructure sukuk issuance is set to rise in the years to come after a disappointing dip in 2014, according to Standard & Poor’s analysts. Low cost bank loans and conventional structures have eaten into sukuk sales, but supply should still rise in the years ahead, the rating agency said. -
Goldman Sachs is preparing a debut sukuk deal that could pave the way for other western banks to use Islamic finance to tap into a huge pool of Middle East liquidity. But much will depend on the pricing and whether Islamic investors accept the deal, which comes almost three years after controversy around Shariah compliance brought down the US firm’s first attempt at an inaugural sukuk.
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Malaysian banks are working with Swift (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) to design new standards on Islamic finance messaging.
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It was second time lucky for Khazanah Nasional this week, as the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund managed to complete a $500m exchangeable sukuk on Wednesday after pulling the same transaction just three months ago. Moving away from a very aggressive stance to slightly more investor-friendly terms helped get the transaction across the line, but it was an uphill battle all the way, writes Rashmi Kumar.
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The International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) is in the middle of a non-deal roadshow to examine the possibility of issuing a sukuk to fund immunisation and vaccine procurement programs.
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The Bahrain Bourse has appointed Sheikh Osama Mohammed Bahar as a Shariah advisor on a range of Islamic products and services the exchange intends to launch.
