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Deal the first Kuwaiti Sharia-compliant transaction closed with Chinese banks
Tight spreads may tempt issuers even if all-in yields are higher than earlier in 2026
Only one Gulf issuer has printed a blue bond in the public market
Some say UAE central bank liquidity has prompted banks to retrench
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Israel Chemicals is out with initial price thoughts for a 10 year note and follows hot on the heels of Israel Electric which printed the same tenor on November 5.
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Flydubai has launched its $500m five year sukuk at 200bp over mid-swaps. The deal will be priced later on Wednesday afternoon, with the lead managers on the trade disclosing that they will be taking a piece of the sukuk. -
Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat priced a seven year debut sukuk on Tuesday, which debt bankers said came flat to or even inside the sovereign curve. They put this down to credit quality, scarcity value and exceptional liquidity in the Middle East. But they felt that the additional rarity of the sukuk format was also a contributing factor, which other potential issuers should do well to note.
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Luxembourg’s regulator is expected to approve what will be the Eurozone’s first wholly Sharia-compliant bank in a matter of weeks, Marco Lichtfous, partner at Deloitte Consulting in Luxembourg told IFIS.
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Debt bankers are hoping to bring a new German corporate borrower to the sukuk market in 2015, participants at an EU Islamic banking and finance conference in London told IFIS.
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Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) and Air Arabia announced on Wednesday they had signed of $230m ijara facility.
