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The International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association have added to the number of Shariah compliant hedging tools available to investors with two standards for Islamic forward foreign exchange products. -
Commercial Bank of Qatar is on track to print a new five year deal as bankers question whether the market is showing signs of too much supply.
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The wave of rights issues and capital raisings in the market this summer is so far going smoothly, with good news this week for Banco Popular Español, as its shares and rights perked up in trading.
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Abu Dhabi's Mubadala has tightened the margin on its $1.75bn three year refinancing, despite the price on the original loan already being “eye-wateringly low”, according to one banker.
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The Sultunate of Oman is starting the roadshow for its dollar benchmark 144A/Reg S bond on Thursday.
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Kuwaiti petrochemicals firm Equate is taking its time to refinance $6bn of loans, with bankers blaming the tight pricing and deal size for the slow progress of the self-arranged transaction.
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The swathe of rights issues set to form a big part of Emea equity capital markets activity this side of the summer has moved forward this week, with the conclusion of Dubai Parks and Resorts’ deal and the launch of SSAB’s prospectus.
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Dubai banks are stepping into the loan market as Commercial Bank of Dubai refinances a $450m three year loan, while Emirates NBD nears close for its deal.
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Qatar made history on Wednesday by printing the largest ever bond from a CEEMEA borrower. The triple tranche $9bn trade surpassed size expectations, and while initial teething problems saw the five and 10 year tranches soften in secondaries, rival bankers deemed the pricing a triumph.
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Loan issuance from Omani borrowers, some of them debut deals, is in full flow and demand from international investors holds strong despite Oman’s recent downgrade.
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Middle East bond markets are red hot with $24bn of deals printed so far in 2016 — the highest ever year to date level. However, while Qatar's triple-tranche $9bn jumbo drew a book of $23bn and proved there is abundant demand for high quality GCC borrowers, signs of fatigue are starting to play out in the poor secondary trading performance of some of this week’s other new issues. Virginia Furness reports.
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