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The UAE bank capped the deal size at $500m, gaining some leverage over pricing
Attractive pricing versus dollars luring GCC borrowers back to the single currency
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
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  • 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.
  • Dubai healthcare group Aster DM Healthcare has signed a $295m facility with nine banks, despite concerns that its operations in Qatar would complicate syndication of the debt.
  • Saudi Arabia is having a good week — finally allowing women to drive, albeit not until June 2018, and bookbuilding for a third jumbo international bond. But investors are praying the sovereign does not step on the accelerator too hard and leaves some spread on the table to ensure performance, after a poor week for EM new issues.
  • EM investors are nervous: only one of the new emerging market sovereign bonds issued in the last two weeks is trading above par and now Saudi Arabia has opened books on what is likely to be a third jumbo transaction.
  • Bahrain Islamic Bank (BIsB) has signed its debut syndicated loan for $101m, double the initial launch amount.