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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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  • In a prosecution brought by the , the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today sentenced a former director of LFE Corporation Berhad (LFE) to one year imprisonment and a total fine of RM1.2 million for knowingly permitting the furnishing of false statements by LFE to Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, in relation to LFE's unaudited financial results for all four quarters for its financial year ended 31 December 2007.
  • 10 October 2012 – Australian Islamic wealth manager Crescent Wealth today announced it has partnered with the Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME), the largest Islamic bank in Europe, in a deal that gives Australian retail investors exposure to the growing Islamic bonds market for the first time. Following the partnership, investors in the Crescent Islamic Cash Management Fund will be able to gain exposure to the US$150 billion + global market for Sharia’a-compliant bonds or ‘Sukuk’. Sukuk generate ethical returns backed by real assets. The portfolio will be managed by BLME, a leading global provider of Sharia’a-compliant fixed income product.
  • Egypt's national oil company, Egyptian General Petroleum Corp, has signed a $235m murabaha facility from Islamic Development Bank's subsidiary Islamic Trade Finance Corp (ITFC).
  • Egypt plans to develop an Islamic finance market through sukuk in parallel with its existing banking system as it looks to position itself as a "Mecca for investors", according to the country's Prime Minister Hisham Qandil.
  • Australian Islamic wealth manager Crescent Wealth has partnered with the Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME) to offer a sukuk fund to Australian retail investors for the first time. The Crescent Islamic Cash Management Fund will enable exposure to the global sukuk market – estimated by the two firms to be over $150bn. The fund's portfolio will be managed by BLME.