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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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Senior Egyptian government officials and advisers on Thursday strove to present a united front on the country’s sovereign sukuk plans, following a week of intense debate over Shariah compliance and use of national assets.
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Bank Nizwa, Oman’s first dedicated Shariah compliant bank, officially opened its doors on Thursday. The opening is seen as an important step for the sultanate, whose ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said first authorised the establishment of Islamic banking in May 2011 following popular demand.
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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (IITFC), a subsidiary of the Islamic Development Bank , has provided $265m in liquidity to Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).
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Karachi, January 10, 2013: JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Limited has maintained the Management Quality Rating of ABL Asset Management Company Limited (ABL AMC) at ‘AM 2-’ (AM Two Minus). Outlook on the assigned rating has been revised from ‘Stable’ to ‘Positive’.
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HSBC retained first place for international sukuk arrangers in 2012, topping IFIS's Sukuk Database table for the third year running. The bank took a near $4.4bn worth of the year's $22bn of international sukuk issuance - up from the $2.5bn it arranged in 2011.
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Bahraini Islamic banks Capital Management House, Capivest and Elaf bank have this week completed a three-way merger - the first of its kind in the kingdom. The resulting entity will have a combined shareholders' equity of around $340m and assets of over $400m, according to transaction adviser Kuwait Finance Hous (Bahrain).