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  • Saudi-Emirati Integrated Transport (Seitco) has signed a SR280m ($74.6m) Islamic financing facility with Saudi Islamic bank Al Rajhi.
  • Qatar International Islamic Bank has hired Ehab Eshehawi as its chief operating officer.
  • Saudi Arabia moved this week to open up its $530bn stock market to international investors in what bankers said could be a game-changer for IPOs and other capital market deals from the country. National Commercial Bank, a lender with $100bn of assets, could be the one of the first listings accessible to foreign buyers, but market participants are waiting for more details of the reforms before starting the celebrations.
  • Dallah Healthcare Holding Co has signed its first ever Shariah-compliant loan, a SR995.5m ($265.4m) facility with Saudi British Bank.
  • Turkey’s Doğuş group has approval from the country’s capital markets board for a $370m debut sukuk, taking it another step closer to launching the first ever dollar sukuk from a Turkish corporation. The country has a limited Islamic investor base, but the deal should also attract healthy support from conventional accounts, said debt bankers.
  • Saudi Arabia moved this week to open up its $530bn stock market to international investors in what bankers said could be a game-changer for IPOs and other capital market deals from the country. National Commercial Bank, a lender with $100bn of assets, could be the one of the first listings accessible to foreign buyers, but market participants are waiting for more details of the reforms before starting the celebrations.