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Gulf investors 'will now look at every deal', whether sukuk or not
Demand from the Middle East for the sukuk was steady
Bond pricing for the mining company started about 43bp back of its parent
Sovereign wealth fund takes $2bn, as aimed at
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Senegal’s initial price thoughts for a new 10 year benchmark bond on Wednesday surprised bankers away from the deal, who felt the sovereign had started with an over aggressive level. But the lead managers countered there was no push back from investors, and that Senegal’s secondary curve was by no means the sole reference point for pricing, GlobalCapital reports.
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Durham University Business School has appointed two prominent professors as the university seeks to bolster its Islamic finance personnel department.
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Islamic bankers and Gulf investors have welcomed the Saudi Arabian financial regulator’s announcement this week that its stock market will be opened to international investors. But while some are more bullish than others in thinking this could happen quickly for secondary trading, extending access to primary markets and other riyal-denominated asset classes such as bonds and sukuk looks likely to be a longer term project.
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After years of isolation from Islamic banking, India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, has created an internal committee to review the country’s Islamic banking regulations.
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The fallout from the US sanctions on Russia has spread to wider emerging markets this week, reports GlobalCapital, as some banks have started insisting on the inclusion of sanctions language in the documentation for new loans for companies outside of eastern Europe.
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Tunisia launched a $500m seven year bond this week with a full guarantee from USAID, as part of US efforts to help the country through its transition to a new democratically elected government.