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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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  • Bank of London and the Middle East has reported a 42% increase in net operating profit before tax for the first six months of 2012 – up to £2.86m from £2.02m in the same period last year. The London based bank's earnings included a 139% rise in total comprehensive profit, from £1.02m to £2.45m.
  • 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.
  • Qatar Islamic Bank this week revived plans to establish a $1.5bn sukuk programme, alerting international investors to the rare possibility of adding well-rated Qatari Islamic paper to their portfolios.
  • 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.
  • Karachi, August 30, 2012: JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Limited (JCR-VIS) has reaffirmed the entity ratings of Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited (SSML) at ‘BBB+/A-2’ (Triple B Plus/ A-Two). Outlook on the ratings is ‘Stable’.
  • Government and quasi-sovereign paper will continue to dominate the sukuk primary market in coming months, according to research from Commerzbank. The bank predicts a number of important sovereign issues in the pipeline, such as deals from Turkey and Sudan.