NEWS in BRIEF
Saudi Franchise Retailer, Fawaz Alhokair Co. Signs US$800m Syndicated Murabaha Facility with Consortium of GCC Banks Riyadh - Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Co., the largest franchise retailer in Saudi Arabia and…
Saudi Franchise Retailer, Fawaz Alhokair Co. Signs US$800m Syndicated Murabaha Facility with Consortium of GCC Banks Riyadh - Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Co., the largest franchise retailer in Saudi Arabia and…
Digital and online payment solutions continue to flourish in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) licensing two digital wallet companies, Bayan Payments (Bayanpay)…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) of the Saudi Ministry of Finance (MoF) continued its proactive domestic sovereign Sukuk issuance in February 2020 when it issued its second offering – a…
Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company, the leading and largest publicly listed Saudi Arabian residential property developer, successfully closed its latest Sukuk offering – a 7-Year US$400 million (SR1.5…
Saudi Arabia’s Riyad Bank successfully issued its latest offering – a Tier II US$1.5 billion Sukuk on 18 February 2020. The Sukuk was issued under Riyad Bank’s US$3 billion Trust…
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the multilateral development bank (MDB) of the OIC countries, successfully priced its largest Sukuk issuance ever, raising US$2 billion in 5-year Trust Certificates in March…
ICIEC-led Promoters Launch Co-Guarantee Platform for Africa (CGPA) to Increase the Volume of Insurance and Guarantee Solutions for Project Sponsors and their Bankers Jeddah – Shariah-compliant export credit and investment…
Bahrain-based GFH Financial Group, formerly Gulf Finance House, successfully priced a US$300 million Sukuk Wakala/Tawarruq on 22 January 2020. The Sukuk, which has a tenor of 5 years and matures…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) of the Saudi Ministry of Finance (MoF) started the year 2020 in a buoyant mood with a SR6.72 billion (US$1.79 billion) domestic Sukuk offering on…
Kuwait’s Boubyan Bank is the latest GCC financial institution to issue a Sukuk at the start of 2020. In a disclosure to Boursa Kuwait, Adel Abdul Wahab Al Majed, the…