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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 Arabian Company for Water and Power Development (Acwa) plans to issue an $800m debut sukuk in the fourth quarter, ahead of an initial public offering next year.
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    The sukuk market returned to form this week, sweeping US shutdown concerns aside with two popular and tightly priced benchmark dollar deals.
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    Islamic banks in the Gulf Co-operation Council area are likely to grow faster than their conventional counterparts and increase their share of regional banking assets, said Standard & Poor's on Tuesday. But profitability rates for the two banking models are converging as Islamic banks are suffering from lower interest rates and lower revenues from non-core banking operations than their conventional peers, the rating agency added.
  • A consortium of Italian, South Korean and Qatari firms has signed a QR2.11bn ($580m) Islamic finance facility to pay build a new underground line for the Doha metro.
  • A consortium of Italian, South Korean and Qatari firms has signed a QR2.11bn ($580m) Islamic finance facility to pay build a new underground line for the Doha metro.
  • Islamic banks in the Gulf Co-operation Council area are likely to grow faster than their conventional counterparts and increase their share of regional banking assets, said Standard & Poor's on Tuesday. But profitability rates for the two banking models are converging as Islamic banks are suffering from lower interest rates and lower revenues from non-core banking operations than their conventional peers, the rating agency added.