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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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Islamic banking at Bahrain’s Arab Banking Corporation will change its reporting line as part of a shake up of the group's senior management. ABC has hired Ray Ferguson, chief executive officer at Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore), to a newly created position as group chief banking officer. -
Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank priced SR5bn ($1.3bn) of tier two sukuk on Wednesday – the largest ever issue of Islamic paper by a Saudi bank.
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The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector has produced the first group of graduates from its Islamic finance talent development programme (IFTDP). The initiative - which ICD hopes will become a "gold standard" - tries to address a lack of bank-based training within Islamic finance.
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The Islamic Development Bank will hit the road on Sunday as it lines up a dollar benchmark sukuk of as much as $1bn. The deal will be a welcome — if tightly priced — issue for UK Islamic banks, given its status as the only triple-A rated sukuk issuer that qualifies for liquidity buffers under Bank of England rules.
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Emerging market loans bankers are tipping Middle Eastern borrowers to make a strong showing in the loan market this year.
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Sukuk is one of the fastest growing markets in the Islamic finance sector. In this second part of our Islamic Finance Basics series, we look at the underlying principles of sukuk, its development as an asset class and how it compares to conventional instruments.
