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Tight price and strong book reported as market awaits geographic breakdown
Flood of AT1s expected to follow the first public trade from the Gulf in over two months
Announcements could come as early as Monday, the two month anniversary of the last public GCC trades
Islamic investors have been a safe haven for Gulf issuers in the past, and can be now
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Mubadala GE Capital has released initial price guidance for its $500m no grow five year bond of 150bp-162.5bp over mid-swaps.
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Israel Electric has released initial price thoughts at 275bp area over mid-swaps for a 10 year dollar benchmark. The guidance equates to around a 15bp premium over the company’s 2023s, which were trading around 260bp-261bp over mid-swaps.
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The Bank of England's unveiling of plans to look into providing Shariah liquidity facilities for UK Islamic banks was one of the highlights at last week’s World Islamic Economic Forum in Dubai. It’s a great idea, but there’s just one problem – this should have been done ages ago. -
In a busy run for Turkish food company loans, Ülker Biscüvi and Yıldız subsidiary Ak Gıda are set to close conventional and Islamic deals this week. Meanwhile, Yıldız itself has asked HSBC to underwrite a leveraged loan backing its $2bn acquisition of Jaffa Cake maker United Biscuits.
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International sukuk issuance is on the cusp of a record year, and so far in 2014 has made up the largest proportion of total sukuk supply since 2007, according to IFIS data.
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The sixth offshore RMB clearing bank appointment of the year was unveiled on Tuesday, when the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced that it had picked Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Doha Branch as the renminbi clearing bank for Qatar. The move is the first such appointment in the Middle East and follows similar announcements this year in London, Frankfurt, Seoul, Paris and Luxembourg.
