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All eyes on the hyperscalers


Only one Gulf issuer has printed a blue bond in the public market
Some say UAE central bank liquidity has prompted banks to retrench
Cracks emerge in underlying quality as banks appear to teeter further into cautiousness
The trade may persuade other top-tier GCC sovereigns that the public market is open
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  • Orders for Saudi Arabia’s debut sukuk were over $17.5bn at the first official update on Tuesday afternoon.
  • Two large emerging market corporates were out with multi-tranche deals on Tuesday, Kazakhstan’s state owned oil company and Abu Dhabi sovereign investment fund Mubadala.
  • Issuers from the Gulf have taken over emerging markets bonds with Saudi Arabia on track to print its debut sukuk on Tuesday. Multiple tranche deals are the flavour of the week with Romania, Mubadala and KazmunayGas all offering multi-faceted deals.
  • Saudi Arabia was offering up a 20bp-25bp NIP over its conventional bonds at price talk for its debut sukuk on Tuesday, as banker’s debated where the deal will land relative to it’s conventional bond debut.
  • The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) on Sunday announced the launch of a Shanghai Gold futures contract, increasing foreign investors' access to China's bullion market.
  • Dubai retailer Damac Real Estate was out with a five year sukuk on Monday — a deal which featured a Russian bookrunner for the first time on a Gulf deal — as Mubadala marketed a conventional dual tranche dollar bond following its merger with IPIC.