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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
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Bankers worried about a dollar sukuk issuance backlog mounting up towards the end of the year are pushing issuers to accelerate their plans and come to market sooner. -
Bahrain’s central bank Waqf Fund is to form a committee to oversee external Shariah auditing of Islamic banks and financial institutions – an initiative that authorities hope will reposition the Kingdom as a hub for Islamic finance.
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The dollar sukuk market has seen three issues so far this year, with three great results capped off by the Islamic Development Bank boldly entering new territory with an unprecedented $1.5bn last Thursday. But while each of these deals has stirred Islamic finance professionals to proclaim the growing profile and pools of capital for the asset class, the market is yet to see a true test of demand.
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Malaysian government-owned Syarikat Prasarana Negara has sold a MR2bn ($610m) dual tenor murabaha sukuk, with one of the tranches equalling its previous record size.
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Malaysian insurance firm AIA has merged AIA AFG Takaful into its AIA Public Takaful business, under a single license and brand.
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Bank of London and the Middle East’s chairman, Yacob Al Muzaini, will retire as independent non-executive chairman from the end of March. His decision came as the bank reported £56m total operating income for 2013 – up from £52.5m in 2012.
