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  • Emirates Airlines has signed a $425m Shariah-compliant financing facility with three local banks to help it buy new aircrafts.
  • Using ijara sukuk and a highly reputed Shariah scholar can push up a sukuk issuers’ share price, according to a paper published by the International Monetary Fund paper published on Monday. Despite the high price commanded by top scholars, the study indicates that the premium issuers pay for their reputation is worthwhile. And despite the popularity of musharaka and mudaraba structures, equity investors are far happier to see a company issue ijara.
  • Luxembourg, which is gearing up to sell the first euro denominated sovereign sukuk, is set to meet investors in Asia, Europe and the Middle East at the end of September. It has hired a pair of banks to lead the project.
  • United Arab Emirates corporate Emirates District Cooling (Emicool) has signed a 12 year $245m Shariah-compliant refinancing facility with Dubai Islamic Bank, adding to the swathe of UAE corporates that have been choosing to refinance deals early because of the favourable funding conditions on offer.
  • Pakistan has mandated four banks to arrange it’s second ever dollar denominated sukuk despite its conventional bonds having lost 3-4pts in cash since the start of June.
  • Palm Hills Development is preparing to sign E£2.4bn ($336.5m) Shariah-compliant loan with local banks and could expand the banking group, according to a statement from the issuer.