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  • Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Co (Kufpec) has resolved the tax issues that have held its $750m loan in limbo for two months and is likely to sign the deal on Thursday.
  • Islamic finance has just begun to gain ground in Jordan. Its government passed a sukuk law last year but has yet to issue a sovereign deal, although it has signed several financing agreements with the Islamic Development Bank. EuroWeek’s sister publication Islamic Finance Information Service spoke to Bassem Awadallah, former finance minister of Jordan and a board member of Al Baraka Bank, about the development of Islamic finance and its wider economic impact.
  • Emerging market lenders away from the leads on loans for Dubai hotel firms Jumeirah and Atlantis are growing concerned that the deals — seen by many as crucial in proving that Dubai is a viable lending destination again — are taking much longer than expected. But lead bankers working on the transactions deny that there has been a delay.
  • The Central Bank of Bahrain has seen demand pick up for its monthly short-term sukuk al-ijara this month, after a dip in June.
  • Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance (Aman) has lost its chief executive officer.
  • Saudi telecoms firm Mobily has signed Islamic loan agreements totalling around $650m with Nordic export credit agencies, the firm said on Sunday.