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Investors piled in orders more than four times trade’s size
Premium to dollars was in the high single digits, said a lead
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
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  • Qatar National Bank made the most of its early mover advantage to pull in over $2.6bn of orders, nearly a third of which came from Asia, to print its $1bn trade with a slim premium on Wednesday.
  • Dubai’s Emaar Properties has picked banks for its first trade since 2014, a senior unsecured sukuk.
  • Qatar National Bank (QNB) hit the screens with the first benchmark trade from the Gulf Cooperation Council after the summer break on Wednesday, taking orders in excess of $2.4bn by 10am.
  • Primary markets have burst into life in CEEMEA with the Middle East the focus this week. Several mandates and a new deal from Qatar National Bank (QNB) have hit the screens.
  • Sukuk stepped into the spotlight after JP Morgan decided to include Islamic bonds in its EM bond indices, but while eligibility will give the asset class a boost, it will be a while before the product is more broadly used.
  • Emirates Islamic Bank (EI Bank) slipped into the market on Tuesday ahead of plenty of expected supply to raise $250m with a tap of its dollar sukuk due 2021.