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Gulf investors 'will now look at every deal', whether sukuk or not
Demand from the Middle East for the sukuk was steady
Bond pricing for the mining company started about 43bp back of its parent
Sovereign wealth fund takes $2bn, as aimed at
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The United Kingdom is right to lean on Turkey for advice in placing its inaugural sukuk issue. Turkey’s experience in tapping the Islamic market was hard won and is valuable to new sovereign issuers. But the UK should prepare to pay the favour forward even if keeping its own counsel might allow it to command tighter pricing by keeping sovereign sukuk supply scarce.
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Iran plans to issue up to €12.5bn of sukuk and contribution bonds in its coming year to finance projects, with the country’s oil ministry taking a €9bn share of the finances.
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Malaysia's BIMB Holdings plans to issue a MR1.7bn ($525.8m) sukuk next year through private placement to Tabung Haji, its biggest shareholder.
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Malaysia’s Bank Rakyat plans to issue up to MR9bn ($2.8bn) of sukuk, adding to the MR1bn it issued last month.
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The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has drafted a new framework aimed at strengthening the solvency of takaful and retakaful firms and improving their operational efficiency.
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Malaysian property company SP Setia has obtained Securities Commission approval to issue up to MR700m ($217.5m) of sukuk.