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The company has enjoyed two rating upgrades since its last sukuk issuance
Some price discovery needed due to sukuk format and long tenor
Oil giant's bonds were priced no more than 15bp over the sovereign's curve
The Gulf kingdom is trying to tackle a very wide deficit and sky-high debt to GDP
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The IPO of Saudi Aramco will be a local affair after international investors made clear that they wanted a greater concession for the oil giant than the Saudi Arabia was willing to give. -
Flourishing conditions in the sukuk market stepped up another gear this week as Qatar International Islamic Bank priced an additional tier one bond that one of its leads claimed was the tightest ever such trade from the Gulf Cooperation Council states.
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One Middle Eastern bank is in the market with a sukuk additional tier one note, while a second announced it will go on the road for its own AT1.
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Emerging markets issuers are pumping out mandates, with the buy-side showing little sign yet of closing shop for the year, but investors are not throwing cash at everything.
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Equity capital markets investors are waiting eagerly for the price range for Saudi Aramco's IPO and are hoping the Saudi state has listened to the feedback they have given it so far.
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Saudi Aramco released an initial IPO prospectus on Sunday and some, mainly in the mainstream financial press, were outraged that it contained no details on price or deal size. However, a full two week investor education process is a perfectly normal feature of IPOs and the fact that Aramco is doing its deal by the book is a good thing.
