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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
The company has enjoyed two rating upgrades since its last sukuk issuance
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Poland this week tackled head on the ghosts of bonds past and has reopened the ill-fated 2036 euro note it printed in January.
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Islamic Corporation for Development (ICD) printed a $300m five year sukuk on Wednesday. But it drew heavy criticism for having priced at the wide end of guidance with a lower size than the benchmark originally targeted.
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Cheap euro loans from European banks are attracting the attention of typically dollar hungry EM borrowers, as Qatar National Bank (QNB) launched a rare offer in the currency. -
The dam holding back a flood of Middle East bonds was broken this week by Ahli Bank Qatar and Islamic Corporation for Development. But those two issuers demonstrated that, despite a renewed appetite for paper from the region, the price needs to be right to attract international interest.
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Ahli Bank Qatar printed its $500m five year bond on Wednesday from a $1.2bn book, demonstrating that there is investor demand for Middle East bank debt at the right price.
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Rather than cherry picking its favourite banks for its $10bn sovereign loan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will “pull together a handful of banks” to get the deal done, according to a banker in discussions with the sovereign.
