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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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  • National Bank of Abu Dhabi sold its second ever Kangaroo bond on Wednesday, a comfortably oversubscribed five year trade. The scale of demand for the deal could lead to further Kangaroo issuance from emerging market financials, according to syndicate officials.
  • Saudi Electricity Co will test demand for long term sukuk with a minimum 15 year tenor when it comes to market — the first borrower to look beyond five years in the asset class since the sell-off that hit emerging markets in May last year.
  • Saudi Electricity Co will test demand for long term sukuk with a minimum 15 year tenor when it comes to market — the first borrower to look beyond five years in the asset class since the sell-off that hit emerging markets in May last year.
  • Having peaked at this time last year, issuance of long dated sukuk has since become almost impossible for all but a very select group of borrowers, say market participants.
  • The past week’s acrimonious face-off between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours is likely to be short-lived, say regional bankers and investors. But while the short term sell-off should soon turn into a chance to buy again, it is a useful chance for international investors to re-assess the political and economic risks of the region.
  • Emirates REIT is set to be the first Dubai-based company to IPO since 2008 and the emirate's first listed real estate investment trust to float when it completes an IPO of more than $135m next month.