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Books over $1.5bn at launch at a spread of 80bp over Treasuries
Gulf issuance will take a pause due to the Eid holiday next weekend, but June could be busy
EM investors may be happy to see some senior supply after glut of tightly priced AT1
Strong local bids enable AT1 sukuk issuers to set yields far below where overseas buyers see fair value
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  • The Gulf Cooperation Council region remains an area of activity for emerging market corporate loans this week, with Emirates National Oil Co (ENOC) closing in on a $1.5bn loan and Qatar National Bank in syndication on its $3bn deal.
  • Russia plans to open its first Islamic bank in the Republic of Tartarstan by the end of the year, Linar Yakupov, president and head of Islamic finance at the Kazan based Islamic Business and Finance Development Fund (IBFD Fund), told IFIS.
  • Kazakhstan is working on a sovereign sukuk following the country’s successful return to the Eurobond market in 2014, a central bank official told GlobalCapital Emerging Markets.
  • Malaysia’s Shariah advisory body Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) has approved Singapore headquartered company Asia Plantation Capital (APC) as Shariah compliant. This paves the way for APC to offer Islamic products to Malaysian customers, APC said in a statement on Friday.
  • Emirates, the airline, is weeks away from a ground breaking benchmark sukuk guaranteed by UK Export Finance (UKEF). Banks are mandated and more issuers could follow.
  • UK based Al Rayan Bank, previously known as Islamic Bank of Britain (IBB), has hired Robert Sharpe as its new chairman.