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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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  • Differences in the way that banks in the United Arab Emirates account for restructured loans are leading to a drastic divergence in non performing loan figures, according to ratings agency Moody's.
  • JEDDAH, KSA, 17.07.2012 –The 284th meeting of the Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank, which convened at IDB headquarters starting Sunday 16 July, under the chairmanship of Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President, IDB Group, approved more than US$ 1,158 million towards development projects financing for IDB member countries and Muslim communities in non-member countries. This is the largest amount of approvals by a single IDB Board meeting since the Bank’s inception in 1975.
  • Manama, Bahrain –17th July 2012 – The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the short-term Islamic leasing bonds, Sukuk Al-Ijara, has been fully subscribed by 100%.
  • Indonesia hopes to issue Rp500m ($52.9m) of a sukuk next week, on Wednesday July 24. The country's debt office said its finance ministry plans both six month Shariah compliant treasury bills as well as long term project based sukuk with six - , 10-, 15- and 25-year maturities.
  • The Islamic Development Bank has agreed to finance more than $1.158bn of development projects in its member countries and special assistance for health and education projects in favour of Muslim communities in non-member countries. This is the biggest ever amount approved by the board in one session since IsDB's inception in 1975.
  • 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.