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Turkish oil and gas firm offers a pickup to its parent and most other CEEMEA sukuk
Where the company's deal prices relative to its parent will be the topic of investor roadshows
Benin showed Islamic issuance is a viable market for sub-Saharan African sovereigns
Investors are still showing big demand for the Dubai real estate firm's sukuk despite two sell-offs in a year
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  • The Kingdom of Morocco is aiming to put a flourish to the end of this week’s CEEMEA bond issuance, reports GlobalCapital, with initial price thoughts out for a 10 year euro deal. It opened books on Friday morning and aims to price the bond this afternoon.
  • The Middle East’s burgeoning pipeline of pre-Ramadan bonds and sukuk saw Etisalat and Emaar Malls achieve dazzling debuts this week, while Al Hilal Bank has lined up to issue what will be the UAE’s first tier one sukuk since Dubai Islamic Bank came to market last year.
  • With rumours rife that two Russian borrowers are about to break the country’s silence and launch new bonds, the EM bond market is awash with Turkish borrowers looking to rush through deals while they have a clear run.
  • Al Hilal looks set to become the first bank in the United Arab Emirates to issue a tier one perpetual sukuk since Dubai Islamic Bank brought $1bn in March last year. This would also provide the first test of demand since Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank’s tier two last year drew attention to a shortfall in the central bank’s provisions for such instruments.
  • Emaar Malls Group’s tightly $750m 4.564% 10 year sukuk has performed well in its first day of secondary trading, despite having been priced at the tight end of guidance that had already been refined lower twice.
  • Africa's rising fortunes have brought improving growth and saw a near doubling of sovereign bond issuance out of the continent last year to $11bn. Sukuk is much less developed but shows promise as countries' interest in Islamic finance develops and funding diversifies