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  • Qatari telecoms firm Ooredoo has signed three short term Islamic financing facilities totalling just under $500m with three local banks.
  • The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) and Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) are set to unveil measures to improve Islamic finance in four key areas. These comprise Islamic banking, takaful, capital market and regulatory recommendations.
  • The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has signed a set of loan agreements worth $671m to fund development projects in several member countries as well as Muslim communities in non-member countries.
  • Risk weighting, credit ratings and the Dubai government itself have all been cited as contributing factors after the emirate’s sovereign wealth fund cut the size of its conventional bond offering in favour of a shorter dated sukuk.
  • Turkey dominates the sukuk scene in central and eastern Europe via the sovereign and participation banks. But the Czech Republic has emerged as another possible breeding ground for Islamic finance.
  • The UK Islamic banking sector has seen a solid round of results with Gatehouse Bank on Tuesday the latest to file, reporting a second positive year in a row. On Friday, European Islamic Investment Bank revealed it returned to profit in 2013 for the first year since 2010, while Bank of London and the Middle East said on Monday that its 2014 financial year has started with a buoyant first quarter