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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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  • Bahrain based Islamic bank Al Salam Bank has unveiled ASB Biodiesel, a waste-to-biodiesel plant in Hong Kong. The plant is a joint venture between Al Salam and a group of Gulf-based financial institutions.
  • Prospects of an Arab Spring country issuing international sukuk this year are dwindling, with Tunisia having postponed its plans for a debut deal.
  • Prospects of an Arab Spring country issuing international sukuk this year are dwindling, with Tunisia having postponed its plans for a debut deal.
  • Majid Al Futtaim, a shopping mall and hypermarket firm, sold the first hybrid perpetual deal from a Middle East company this week, printing an eight times subscribed $500m bond. Debt bankers hope it will rouse regional interest in the structure among other corporate borrowers.
  • Majid Al Futtaim closed books on the first hybrid perpetual deal from a Middle East corporation on Wednesday morning. The borrower fixed the price on a $500m deal at 7.125%, after drawing more than eight times the necessary demand.
  • Prospects of an Arab Spring country issuing international sukuk this year are dwindling, with Tunisia having postponed its plans for a debut deal.