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Borrowing costs for Gulf issuers are already falling since Sunday's announcement
Bank and corporate issuance from the country has surged in 2026
Bank's $1bn sukuk continues the AT1 deluge despite resumption of air strikes
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Some 10 months after the eruption of the Gulf diplomatic crisis last summer, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have proved that the market is big enough for both of them, printing $11bn and $12bn deals respectively, and garnering a combined book exceeding $100bn. -
The State of Qatar had taken orders of $32.5bn by lunchtime on Thursday, putting to bed any concerns that Saudi Arabia’s $11bn trade would cannibalise demand for its regional rival. In fact the strong performance of Saudi’s paper in the secondary market has helped boost support for Qatar’s trade, according to a banker on the deal.
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Banks are preparing to finance Saudi Arabia’s first utility-scale wind power project, at Dumat Al Jandal in the northern province of Al Jawf.
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Two Middle Eastern issuers were on track to price sukuk on Wednesday, but Saudi Arabia’s jumbo $11bn bond has cast a shadow over Sharjah Islamic Bank’s trade and led to decreased demand from outside of the region, according to a Dubai-based banker on that deal.
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia printed its $11bn bond on Tuesday, which several bankers and investors thought had been timed to maximise disruption of Qatar’s return to market, which is also expected this week. But leads said the modest size taken by Saudi from a $50bn book showed that there was no intention of throwing the capital markets into disarray.
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Seven new banks have joined Stanbic Kenya's loan, which will be signed on Thursday, leading to a heavy oversubscription, but the borrower declined to take any more money than the $100m it had set out to raise.
