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The proportion of Malaysian sukuk sold this year denominated in dollars is its highest in at least a decade, according to IFIS data. It is running at more than twice the average — for either year to date or end of year — of the last 10 years. -
Qatari firm QInvest took over its sister company QIB UK’s Islamic finance portfolios this week, and is hoping to increase its asset management business to $500m assets under management in the next few years, on its way to matching its mid-size conventional rivals in size.
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Large blue-chip companies in the Gulf find themselves overbanked, but mid-size corporates running up against limits to their banking lines are in need of other sources of funding. Massoud Janekeh, head of Islamic capital markets at Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME), spoke to IFIS about the outlook for shariah-compliant securitization that could allow mid-sized conventional and Islamic borrowers to issue ABS and commercial paper.
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Gatehouse CEO Henry Thompson spoke to IFIS about the bank's wealth management strategy, its expansion beyond the UK and the growth of the global sukuk market.
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Jordan has introduced specific regulations for sukuk issuance two years after the country’s parliament first passed its sukuk law, and hopes the new rules will draw public and private sector borrowers to market
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Saudi-Emirati Integrated Transport (Seitco) has signed a SR280m ($74.6m) Islamic financing facility with Saudi Islamic bank Al Rajhi.
