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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 issued BD36m ($93.7m) of three month al salam sukuk, with the sale oversubscribed by 311%.
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The Republic of Lebanon has mandated Deutsche Bank and Bank Audi for its next Eurobond issue. It is paying 2c for the deal, with banks absorbing expenses. A liability management exercise will take place in conjunction with the new issue, according to a banker away from the deal. -
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has picked Deutsche Bank and Pareto Securities to arrange a RegS/144A three year transaction of up to $250m. The deal could mark only the second Iraqi or Kurdistan new Eurobond issue since the start of the 2003 war.
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Gulf bank sukuk is coming back on the radar for international investors for the first time since October, but not from regular sources. Oman’s Bank Muscat will begin speaking to regional banks next week about a debut, and Bahrain’s Gulf Finance House will ask shareholders to approve its first new deal since the financial crisis.
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Oman’s Bank Muscat will meet with banks next week to discuss plans for its debut sukuk, after gaining shareholders’ approval to establish a Or500m ($1.3bn) sukuk programme, with the possibility of international issuances. Muscat also received shareholders' approval to expand its Euro Medium Term Note programme from $800m to $2bn, according to a senior official at the bank.
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Turkish financial institution Akbank has signed a $1.3bn equivalent syndicated deal to become the first of Turkey's top tier banks to refinance its springtime bank debt.
