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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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The Islamic Development Bank has added its weight to the call for western sovereign sukuk issuance, having brought a personal record sized $1.5bn deal at a market record tight print. The deal is a clarion call for the UK and Luxembourg to get on with issuing their own debut sukuk, said bankers, and the IsDB believes they should also go bigger with their plans.
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Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank closed the Middle East's first FIG deal of 2014 this week, pricing a $750m bond flat to its secondary curve. Bankers both off and on the deal had doubted how much international interest there would be given how tight Middle East spreads are relative to the rest of the CEEMEA market. But the final order book left no doubt about demand for the region in the face of EM uncertainty. -
The Islamic Development Bank has taken advantage of pent up demand for sukuk, grabbing $1.5bn instead of $1bn and pricing inside guidance at 23bp over mid-swaps. The deal is a clarion call for the UK and Luxembourg to get on with issuing their own debut sukuks, said bankers.
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Saudi Arabian telecoms firm Mobily has signed two Shariah-compliant financing agreements totalling Sr2.1bn ($533m) with Nordic export credit agencies, to fund the acquisition of equipment from Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Network (NSN).
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The Islamic Development Bank has taken advantage of pent up demand for sukuk, grabbing $1.5bn instead of $1bn and pricing inside guidance at 23bp over mid-swaps. The deal is a clarion call for the UK and Luxembourg to get on with issuing their own debut sukuks, said bankers.
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Qatar telecoms firm Ooredoo has approached banks for a loan of up to $1bn in what bankers expected to be a club deal.
