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Investors are still showing big demand for the Dubai real estate firm's sukuk despite two sell-offs in a year
Wider currency mix helped meet demand for high grade paper with attractive yields from the region
The company has enjoyed two rating upgrades since its last sukuk issuance
Some price discovery needed due to sukuk format and long tenor
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  • With some $27.5bn of orders going unallocated in the Saudi Arabia's order book last week, the market is awash with liquidity — much of which has a proven interest in the Gulf. Abu Dhabi has wasted no time in trying to build on Saudi’s success, opening books on its own triple tranche bond offer on Monday.
  • Jordan dropped the 10 year bond sounded on its roadshow and choose to focus its attention on the long end on Monday, opening books on a 30 year bond at high 7% area.
  • Dubai healthcare group Aster DM Healthcare has signed a $295m facility with banks from the UAE and India despite its expansion plans in scandal-hit Qatar casting some concerns over the syndication.
  • Saudi Arabia does not come to market often, but when it does, it does so in size — as this week’s $12.5bn sale proved. In the last 12 months, the Gulf state has raised more in dollar or euro syndications than any other sovereign. The issuer has shown remarkable commitment to weaning its economy off petrodollars as it enlists capital markets to help it plug a $53bn deficit, writes Virginia Furness.
  • Qatari decision makers have worked hard over recent months to reassure the country’s partners and foreign investors about the country’s economic resilience, in the face of unprecedented strains created by the blockade imposed on June 5th by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain
  • Saudi Arabia cut through rising swap spreads on Wednesday to print its third jumbo transaction, bringing its funding efforts to $39bn over 12 months. The issuer kept the buyside sweet with around a 10bp new issue concession, and all three tranches were tighter in the secondary market on Thursday.