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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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CEEMEA investors eager for inaugural borrowers have a trio of debut corporate bonds to look forward to. In Latin America, meanwhile, buyers have borrowers at both ends of the rating scale to choose from, with Mexico’s América Móvil and the Province of Buenos Aires in the market.
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Morocco plans to finalise its Islamic banking bill by September, after presenting an overdue draft law to the lower house of its parliament on Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabian energy and telecoms transmission manufacturer Al-Babtain has signed a SR200m ($53.3m) Shariah-compliant financing facility with Saudi Hollandi Bank.
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Turkish Halkbank has released price guidance for a five year senior unsecured bond that equates to a new issue premium of 5bp-10bp, according to a lead manager on the deal.
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority has weighed into the long-running industry debate over whether national or company Shariah boards are the way forward for Islamic finance, by recommending a combined approach.
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Dubai should push on with its plan to create a central Shariah board. Although the emirate has made good progress in striving to become the self-styled “centre for the Islamic economy”, the time is ripe for a breakthrough that would create a lasting legacy.