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  • Emaar Malls Group tightened guidance on its 10 year benchmark sukuk to 190bp area over mid-swaps on Tuesday afternoon in London, following strong demand for the paper.
  • Saudi Telecom Co has placed SR2bn ($533.2m) of 10 year sukuk privately, taking deals from the kingdom this year to over $8bn worth – with more lining up.
  • A resurgent Asian equity-linked primary market took a slap in the face last week after Khazanah Nasional pulled an exchangeable sukuk worth as much as $750m after it failed to achieve the pricing it wanted despite plenty of demand. While Khazanah is unlikely to be damaged by the incident, it needs recognise that its actions have consequences for the rest of the market.
  • Abu Dhabi steel maker Emirates Steel has signed eight year refinancing and acquisition loans totalling $1.3bn, including conventional and Islamic tranches.
  • Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank is embarking on a roadshow to market a dollar sukuk.
  • Richad Soundardjee became Societe Generale’s chief region officer for the Middle East and chief executive officer of its Dubai office in October, having previously headed global capital markets for the CEEMEA region at the bank. He spoke with IFIS about SocGen’s plans for its Islamic finance business with a particular focus on structured finance – and how those two areas of business will play a part in the region’s development.