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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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Bahrain’s Ithmaar Bank will be able to offer its customers cheaper rates on a range of Solidarity Group insurance products after signing an agreement with the takaful firm. -
Export Import Bank of Malaysia (Mexim) drew strong demand as it sold its debut sukuk on Monday, becoming the first issuer to the international sukuk market this year outside short term paper.
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Prospects of a sukuk from Tunisia are looking up after the country said it plans to issue dollar denominated bonds and sovereign sukuk with guarantees by America, Japan and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), in the first half of 2014.
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Real estate developer Dubai Investments Park will start a roadshow on Sunday for its debut issue as it aims to bring the first dollar sukuk from the Middle East of 2014, despite two weeks of volatile markets. The firm is planning a $300m five year sukuk.
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Sukuk’s advantageous pricing for borrowers over conventional bonds in recent years has evaporated in the Gulf – leaving only disadvantageous structuring costs in the Islamic market – but it does not follow that sukuk volumes are going to disappear too. Far from changing tack to bonds, for those who can issue both the rationale to favour sukuk is stronger than ever.
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UAE real estate developer Dubai Investments Park is planning its debut $300m five year sukuk. It has set dates for a roadshow, starting on Sunday, to bring the first dollar sukuk from the Middle East of the year, despite a selloff in emerging markets over the last fortnight.
