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  • Saudi Arabia’s National Petrochemical Co (Petrochem) plans to issue sukuk for the first time. It has asked Deutsche Bank’s Saudi arm Deutsche Securities and Riyad Capital to organise meetings with potential local investors.
  • Law firm Charles Russell has created an Islamic finance team in Bahrain with two hires.
  • Bank of London and Middle East has agreed a $15m five year murabaha facility for Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa (VMMEA), the holding company for Virgin Mobile’s expansion into the Middle East and Africa.
  • Turkey has endured a year of turmoil since the Gezi Park protests and a prolonged emerging market sell-off derailed its economic boom. But even as protesters and police mark the anniversary with another splash of teargas, Halkbank’s result last week shows Turkey’s banks have a prime opportunity to return to the bond market and underscore the country’s strong recovery. Banks thinking of waiting for the third quarter might do well to come now.
  • Kuveyt Turk looks set to become the second Turkish participation bank of the year to bring a dollar sukuk, having applied to the country’s Capital Markets Board to issue up to $500m to foreign investors.
  • Malaysian property developer Aspen Group has signed an MR95.5m ($29.7m) Islamic financing facility with the Malaysia Building Society to fund the state's first privately-initiated affordable housing project.