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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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  • The Central Bank of Bahrain has sold BD36m ($95.5m) of short term sukuk al salam at a tighter yield of 0.73% and with more orders than last month’s issue.
  • Russian Sberbank Asset Management and Invest AD, the Abu Dhabi Investment Company, have signed a Memorandum of Strategic Cooperation. The document establishes areas of co-operation between the two companies in Russia, the CIS, and Middle East.
  • Luxembourg’s KBL Private Bankers dropped out as a dealer when International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) returned to the market on Thursday with its rolling $490m short term sukuk.
  • Turkiye Finans looks set to become Turkey’s first participation bank to enter the Malaysian sukuk market as it received an AA3/Stable rating for its proposed MR3bn ($930m) sukuk programme from RAM Ratings.
  • Two key growth areas for international capital markets are set come together in the first green and socially responsible sukuk offerings, writes Dan Alderson. The World Bank is endorsing the product through involvement in two new projects due this year.
  • This week’s unveiling of socially responsible investment and green sukuk projects at the Islamic Financial Services Board by the World Bank put an inspiring twist in the essence of what Islamic finance is meant to be about — ethical investment, lest anyone had forgotten. But it also illuminated the catchword the IFSB most wants to promote: inclusivity.