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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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  • Malaysia Airport Holdings (MAHB) has picked banks for its first ever perpetual sukuk and plans to launch the ringgit denominated deal after investor meetings that start this week.
  • The Jordanian government’s sukuk committee meets next week to discuss the Kingdom’s sovereign sukuk plans, including which structures and assets the country might use, an official at the country’s ministry of finance told IFIS.
  • Pakistan’s financial regulator has approved The United Insurance Company of Pakistan’s (UIC) plan to establish a takaful business, and the firm plans to start offering Islamic insurance this week. UIC is one of growing number of conventional insurers in the country lining up for permission to offer Shariah-compliant insurance services, a senior official at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) told IFIS.
  • Conventional Malaysian lender Agrobank has launched Shariah compliant trade financing as part of its fully fledged conversion to an Islamic banking business.
  • The Russian loans market is all but shut and other emerging markets quiet as participants take their summer vacations, but activity the Middle East is ticking over this week thanks to repricing moves by some of Dubai’s big name borrowers.
  • The impending arrival of Basel III across the Islamic finance market makes addressing the dire shortage of short term sukuk even more important, according to Standard & Poor’s analysts.