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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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Majid Al Futtaim’s $500m bond held its ground in the secondary market on Wednesday morning, after the Dubai shopping mall operator priced the 10 year note well inside guidance on Tuesday afternoon.
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Taqa used the strategy of a capped size and fair starting point for price talk to print its $750m 10 year bond 10bp inside its outstanding curve on Tuesday, according to a lead manager. It built a $4.55bn book in the process, reports GlobalCapital.
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Emirates NBD on Wednesday became the third Middle Eastern issuer this year to take to the Kangaroo market, selling a five year bond. Despite a weaker rating than other Emirati banks seen in market, the deal found favour with Asian accounts as a result of an attractive spread, reports GlobalCapital.
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Etisalat, the Abu Dhabi telecoms firm, has signed €3.15bn-equivalent of loans from banks to finance its purchase of Vivendi's 53% stake in Maroc Telecom, reports GlobalCapital.
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Dubai shopping mall operator Majid Al Futtaim has listed a $1bn sukuk programme on the Irish Stock Exchange through its MAF Sukuk Ltd special purpose vehicle, opening up the possibility of a return to the Islamic bond market. -
Having been labelled ‘toppy’ in some quarters last week after a quick-fire 15 year sovereign sukuk, there is no sign of a retreat this week from Dubai or its neighbour Abu Dhabi. Investors have set aside nerves once again and scampered to fill their shopping carts with Majid Al Futtaim and Taqa 10 year bonds. Then again, there are plenty of reasons to brush off toppiness for now and say Dubai ain’t all bad.
