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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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  • Etihad Airways has issued the first ever Schuldschein for a Middle Eastern company, increasing the deal from €150m to €209m in syndication with strong demand from European and Asian commercial banks.
  • A busy weekend for Chinese authorities as seven new currencies were named to be traded directly with the renminbi, the dollar fix breaks 6.9 again on Monday, and a clearing bank is appointed in Dubai.
  • Saudi Arabia's International Company for Water and Power Projects (ACWA Power) has pushed back its bond plans to 2017 after investors asked for more time to “understand the structure fully”. The target coupon, which investors told GlobalCapital was too low, will also be readdressed, according to a lead banker.
  • Property firm Ezdan of Qatar has rallied 10 banks to participate in its $460m Islamic loan refinancing. All were Middle Eastern except HSBC and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China.
  • Middle East banks will compete for a role in the Emirate of Sharjah's loan because the deal is likely to be an attractively priced, dirham denominated deal, according to two bankers in the region.
  • Five lenders have joined HSBC at the top level of Saudi British Bank’s (SABB’s) $450m syndicated loan, the bank’s first dollar deal from international lenders.