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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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Sharjah Islamic Bank has become the first bank to join Nasdaq Dubai’s murabaha platform since its official launch last month.
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Israeli Delek & Avner’s $2bn five tranche bond has tightened since pricing on Thursday evening — a further 20bp on the longer tranches and 26bp on the shorter.
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Israeli Delek & Avner launched the largest non-sovereign CEEMEA bond of the year so far on Thursday — a $2bn deal printed across five tranches from demand of over $14bn. Among the CEEMEA region’s sovereigns, only Poland, Slovakia and Romania have priced deals as large or larger in 2014. -
Investors have hailed the Investment Corporation of Dubai’s decision to issue a dollar sukuk as a sign that the emirate is genuine about its push to become the centre of the Islamic economy. ICD began roadshows on Thursday in Singapore as it lines up a dollar debut.
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GlobalCapital's exclusive article last week on the United Arab Emirates’ shortfall in bankruptcy rules (“UAE urged to act on Basel III bankruptcy baffler”) has highlighted a Basel III compliance problem that is holding back the whole Gulf region, say bankers. But while the UAE has so far been lax in its response, it should take the lead and spur its neighbours to follow suit.
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Albaraka Turk has picked arrangers as it aims to follow participation bank peer Turkiye Finans’s recent return to the dollar sukuk market. But one investor warned that Albaraka may find its deal more challenging.
