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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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Al Hilal’s additional tier one perpetual sukuk drew big demand on Tuesday and set a template for further deals of its kind. Not everyone was convinced that the aggressive price compensated for what was essentially equity risk, but while the doubters may rue missing out this time, investors should carefully heed the warnings they have raised.
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Albaraka Turk has priced $350m of five year sukuk at 6.25%, after drawing around $750m of orders. The Turkish participation bank previously indicated the deal would be benchmark size – typically $500m for international bonds, although sukuk arrangers sometimes use the term to describe smaller offerings.
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Two Gulf power firms surged on their first day of trading on Monday, after completing their IPOs together last week. -
United Arab Emirates bank Al Hilal has given initial price thoughts of 6% area on a benchmark tier one perpetual sukuk — the first Islamic deal of its kind since Dubai Islamic Bank brought $1bn in March last year.
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Turkish participation bank Albaraka Turk (rated BB by Standard & Poor’s) has given initial price thoughts of low 6% area on a five year benchmark dollar sukuk.
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The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has approved financing facilities for various projects in member and non-member countries worth $447m, as the multilateral organisation celebrates its 40th anniversary.
