© 2026 GlobalCapital, Derivia Intelligence Limited, company number 15235970, 161 Farringdon Rd, London EC1R 3AL. All rights reserved.

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement | Event Participant Terms & Conditions | Cookies

EM Middle East

Most recent/Bond comments/Ad

Most recent/Bond comments/Ad

Most recent


The bank exercised a call date a month ago and has another late this year
Sovereign bond print went ahead despite missile and drone attacks just before pricing
Books on the dollar deal opened just hours after Iran attacked the country
Israeli issuer called its previous tier two early last year
More articles/Ad

More articles/Ad

More articles

  • The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the investment arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), has formed a strategic alliance with Zaman Bank, a conventional bank based in Kazakhstan.
  • Egypt is set to begin roadshows in the GCC region as it looks to issue a first sovereign sukuk. At the same time the government boosted its budget with a $2.7bn conventional MTN.
  • The Islamic Development Bank priced its largest ever sukuk this week at its tightest ever price — and with what leads said was its biggest and highest quality order book. The $1bn five year also prevailed in a week in which the rest of the EM new issue market was shuttered due to global volatility.
  • Egypt this week moved to bridge its budget deficit with a $2.7bn 4.25% November 2014 bond via bookrunners HSBC and QNB Capital. The note was issued on Tuesday from the country’s $12bn EMTN programme.
  • FIG
    The Islamic Development Bank priced its largest ever sukuk this week at its tightest ever price — and with what leads said was its biggest and highest quality order book. The $1bn five year also prevailed in a week in which the rest of the EM new issue market was shuttered due to global volatility.
  • FIG
    Qatar National Bank sold its first-ever fixed rate Swiss franc bond on Tuesday, encouraged by investor interest after a recent survey named QNB as the strongest bank in the world.