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Strong local bids enable AT1 sukuk issuers to set yields far below where overseas buyers see fair value
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  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s banking arm, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) has launched a new Islamic Finance business to be run from its Dubai branch.
  • Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) on Tuesday opened books on only the second Middle East corporate sukuk of the year, as Islamic bond issuance starts to lag behind the 2014 run rate.
  • Malaysian telecommunications company Axiata Group has mandated banks for its first Islamic bond in more than three years.
  • Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has given an indication of the new issue premiums Middle East names now have to pay. But estimates from bankers away from the deal on the QIB concession were twice as high as from those on the deal.
  • The Islamic finance market is looking to welcome its first Chinese participant after Country Garden Holdings this week announced plans to issue a Murabahah sukuk. But the property developer’s currency of choice — the ringgit — suggests that plenty of work is needed for sukuk to gain traction in north Asia, writes Rev Hui.
  • Real estate developer Country Garden Holdings is readying itself to become the first Chinese issuer to sell a sukuk, announcing on October 5 its intention to print an Islamic bond based on the shariah principle of Murabahah.