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Demand from the Middle East for the sukuk was steady
Bond pricing for the mining company started about 43bp back of its parent
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Dubai’s government will consider setting up the world’s first fully Shariah compliant export and import bank, as it looks to boost trade in and out of the United Arab Emirates.
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Pakistani commercial bank, MCB has started the due diligence process for its purchase of a majority stake in smaller Islamic peer, Burj Bank, as it looks to build an Islamic banking subsidiary. -
Murabaha is referred to in English as “cost plus financing”. It is widely known to be one of the easiest modes of Islamic financial transaction – whether for corporate or retail financing – and that is a reason why it takes a big share among sukuk types, as will be highlighted in this report.
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Oman’s central bank plans to establish a national Shariah board which will oversee Islamic banks and financial institutions by the beginning of next year at the latest, according to a senior official.
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Dubai’s rollover of $20bn in debt with the UAE central bank and Abu Dhabi has banished the last spectres of the 2009 Dubai World crisis. But while its new found breathing room makes the emirate a very attractive proposition, what Dubai chooses to do with this should be the litmus test for foreign investors.
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The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) will pay a 1% return on its latest BD20m ($53m) of short term sukuk al ijara — a tightening from last month’s issue which paid a 1.1% return.
