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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 (IsDB) has arranged a $50m financing facility for an agricultural project in eastern Sudan. -
Barwa Real Estate Group has completed the sale of its shares in Barwa Bank to state-owned Qatari Diar to help pay down debts.
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Bahrain’s Ithmaar Bank will be able to offer its customers cheaper rates on a range of Solidarity Group insurance products after signing an agreement with the takaful firm.
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Sukuk’s advantageous pricing for borrowers over conventional bonds in recent years has evaporated in the Gulf – leaving only disadvantageous structuring costs in the Islamic market – but it does not follow that sukuk volumes are going to disappear too. Far from changing tack to bonds, for those who can issue both the rationale to favour sukuk is stronger than ever.
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Prospects of a sukuk from Tunisia are looking up after the country said it plans to issue dollar denominated bonds and sovereign sukuk with guarantees by America, Japan and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), in the first half of 2014.
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Real estate developer Dubai Investments Park will start a roadshow on Sunday for its debut issue as it aims to bring the first dollar sukuk from the Middle East of 2014, despite two weeks of volatile markets. The firm is planning a $300m five year sukuk.
