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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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Turkish banks pushed on apace with international funding drives this week, despite rising fears over Iraq knocking some froth off their recent strong rally. Isbank and Kuveyt Türk priced well with benchmark bonds and sukuk, while Albaraka Türk completed its sukuk meetings and Ziraat Bankasi announced plans to go on the road with a long-awaited inaugural dollar deal.
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This week’s CEEMEA and Latin American bond deals were trading up across the board on Friday, regardless of whether they offered chunky or non-existent new issue concessions, reports GlobalCapital. And while relative value rather than fundamentals drive investors’ decisions, the emerging market rally is only going to run and run, said bankers.
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Banque Saudi Fransi’s SR2bn ($533.2m) Basel III compliant sukuk this week has taken Saudi Islamic bond issuance this year close to the levels reached in the first half of 2012, the industry’s high point.
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Turkish participation bank Kuveyt Turk has priced a $500m five year sukuk at 340bp over mid-swaps, the tight end of refined guidance, after drawing $3.25bn of orders.
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Kuveyt Turk gave initial price thoughts on Wednesday for a five-year dollar denominated sukuk at 375bp over mid-swaps. The Turkish participation bank plans to price $450m to $500m on Thursday, according to a banker on the deal. -
A single question regarding previous sovereign sukuk arranging experience may have determined the UK Treasury’s decision to rule out UK Islamic banks from the mandate for its sukuk debut, a conference heard on Wednesday.
