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Near $1bn attrition from an order book on Tuesday shows buyers have limits
Another Dubai real estate firm priced fresh sukuk well inside its curve
After a very busy period since June began, the pipeline has thinned out
Another Saudi lender is preparing a senior debut
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Bassel Nadim, managing director of Tanmia Capital, spoke to IFIS about the outlook for SME financing, how best to regulate Shariah supervisory boards and the importance of integrated accounting standards for Islamic banking. -
Kuwaiti mobile operator is to sell 15% of its holding in its subsidiary Zain Bahrain as the company is set to launch Bahrain’s first IPO since 2010 next month.
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Islamic finance specialist Sufian Bataineh has left Luxembourg law firm OPF Partners.
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The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Bolton to develop an MBA in Islamic banking.
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The deputy chairman of Bank Asya — formerly Turkey’s largest Islamic financial institution — has resigned, just days after Turkey’s prime minister publically criticised the bank’s financial position. Turkish analysts are expecting Bank Asya to continue losing deposits and senior management in the months ahead, and one believes an eventual acquisition by a state-owned bank looking to break into the Islamic market is likely.
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The European Islamic Investment Bank has launched a tender offer to buy back up to £20m of its shares — representing around 21% of the company’s share capital — at a chunky premium to where they were trading. But this is because the bank has priced the deal off its book value rather than the market value, and hopes to narrow the gap between the two, said an EIIB official.
