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The Gulf kingdom is trying to tackle a very wide deficit and sky-high debt to GDP
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
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  • Manama, Bahrain – 21 January 2013 – The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the Sukuk Al-Salam Islamic securities for the BD18 million issue, which carries a maturity of 91 days, has been oversubscribed by 193%.
  • The Dubai government is planning a 10 year benchmark sukuk and could price the deal as early as Tuesday.
  • Sime Darby looks set to receive a warm reception for its $1.5bn multi-currency sukuk programme in Europe and the Middle East, having begun meetings with prospective investors as it moves towards making its first issuance. The Malaysian plantation conglomerate received Security Commission Malaysia's approval to establish the programme earlier this month.
  • JCR-VIS assigns local currency ratings on a national scale. Local currency rating on a national scale assumes the national government to be least risky, which is therefore implicitly assigned a 'کAAA' rating. These ratings represent an entity's ability to meet its domestic obligations in the local currency.
  • JCR-VIS assigns local currency ratings on a national scale. Local currency rating on a national scale assumes the national government to be least risky, which is therefore implicitly assigned a 'کAAA' rating. These ratings represent an entity's ability to meet its domestic obligations in the local currency.
  • Aberdeen Islamic Asset Management has launched its Aberdeen Islamic Malaysia Equity fund and the Aberdeen Islamic World Equity fund. Aberdeen said these would be its first Shariah retail products in Malaysia and the first by a foreign fund manager.