Strong investor demand for Turkish Government US$3bn Sukuk Ijarah certificates in February 2022 despite Lira volatility and high national Dollar debt

The Turkish Ministry of Treasury & Finance continues to raise funds from the international markets through Sukuk issuances as part of its active but diversified public funding and debt strategy.…

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UN’s IFAD engages with IsDB Group to boost Arab African trade and investment flows in the agricultural sector and plans a greater role for Islamic development finance including a debut Sukuk

Ways to boost Arab African trade and investment and the role for Islamic finance has featured strongly in recent months. In Cairo in early March 2022 the Third Board of…

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New digital banks and Fintech licences keep the digitisation momentum going in the Islamic financial sector in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Pakistan

Digital banks and FinTech applications and companies continue to flourish in the Islamic finance space in the first quarter of 2022. In Saudi Arabia, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), the…

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Saudi NDMC Kicks off 2022 Domestic Sovereign Sukuk Issuance Programme with SAR2.833bn (US$755.09m) Offering in January Auction

The National Debt Management Centre (NDMC) of the Saudi Ministry of Finance (MoF) Saudi Arabia kicked off its 2022 Saudi Riyal-denominated Sukuk Issuance Programme with a two-tranche offering totalling SAR2.833…

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Riyad Bank Latest Institution to Issue US$750m Perpetual Additional Tier 1 (AT1) Sukuk Linked to Sustainability

Sukuk issuances linked to Sustainability, ESG, SRI and Green Finance continue to gain momentum in the global Islamic capital market, albeit the pace of issuances could be even more urgent…

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Al Rajhi Bank Upsizes Sukuk Issuance to SAR6.5bn (US$1.74bn) Following Huge Market Demand as Sukuk Issuance in Saudi Arabia Makes a Buoyant Start to 2022

The Sukuk market in 2022 has started with a big bang continuing where it had left off in a record 2021 with US$252.3 billion of primary issuances, according to Fitch…

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Pakistan Government Returns to International Market with First Sovereign Issuance in 2022 Raising US$1bn Through a Sukuk Al-Ijarah Offering

The Government of Pakistan returned to the international market after an absence of four years with the first sovereign Sukuk issuance of 2022 with a US$1 billion Unsubordinated Reg. S…

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DIB Continues its First Issuer Advantage in UAE Sukuk Market with Inaugural Benchmark US$750m Offering Priced with its Lowest-ever Credit Spread with no New Issue Premium

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), one of the most prolific and regular issuers of Sukuk by a financial institution and the largest Islamic bank in the UAE in terms of assets,…

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Saudi NDMC Completes 2022 Domestic Sovereign Sukuk Programme with 12th Consecutive Monthly Issuance in December as Annual Total Reaches SAR75bn (US$20bn)

The National Debt Management Centre (NDMC) of the Saudi Ministry of Finance (MoF) Saudi Arabia completed its 2021 Government Debt Borrowing Programme raising SAR125 billion (US$33.28 billion) in the process.…

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