Islamic Finance
Middle East Credit Markets Brief: 25 October – 08 November
Saudi bonds fall as officials arrested amid anti-graft crackdown – Saudi PFI to contribute USD20-40bn to Blackstone-run fund – Egypt secures USD653mn financing for 13 solar projects – APICORP to issue USD500mn sukuk – ADNOC eager to pen USD6bn loan from syndicate of 13 banks – Bank Sohar issues a OMR100mn perp – Bahrain reportedly calls for GCC to freeze Qatar membership
8 Nov 2017
Africa Credit Markets Brief: 18 October – 01 November
BADEA to support economic development in the continent – SA budget deficit rose 4.3% – AfDB suspended a loan to Nigeria – Kenya to reopen 5-year notes – Ghana issued USD1.3bn of fresh debt – Tanzania struck a deal with Barrick Gold for USD300mn – Inflation in Zambia dropped – Zimbabwe hopes to cut budget deficit to 4%
1 Nov 2017
CASE STUDY: Tabreed’s Innovative Islamic Loan Paves the Way for Future Sukuk Deal
Abu Dhabi-based National Central Cooling Company PJSC, better known as Tabreed, secured its first club loan through an AED1.5bn 10-year sharia-compliant facility, enabling the company to extended its debt maturity profile and appeal to new pockets of global and regional investors.
27 Oct 2017
Middle East Credit Markets Brief: 11 October – 25 October
GCC nations issued USD50.1bn of debt in 2017 – Flynas to start operating flights to Iran – KSA sold a SAR10bn in local sukuk – Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank issued a USD315mn kangaroo bond – QNB to refinance a USD3bn loan – Noga issued a USD1bn bond – Warba Bank syndicating a USD250mn loan – Jordan sold USD1bn of fresh debt – OETC considering a USD-denominated sukuk
25 Oct 2017
Africa Credit Markets Brief: 04 October – 18 October
AfDB approved a USD200mn funding facility for private sector projects –Foreign investors bought ZAR18bn of SA bonds – Zuma could face new corruption charges – Fidelity Bank tapped the international markets – IMF concerned about Nigeria’s debt – Ethiopia devalued its currency – CBK placed a 5-year bond – Mauritius to hit the local currency markets
18 Oct 2017
Middle East Credit Markets Brief: 27 September – 11 October
Syndicated lending in EMEA down 9% to USD610bn in 2017 – Abu Dhabi’s USD10bn bond 3x oversubscribed – UAE’s Ajman Bank secures USD200mn syndicated Islamic loan – UAE banks looking to ditch Qatari assets over GCC rift – Saudi Aramco on course to complete IPO in 2018 – Saudi Arabia issues USD12.5bn international bond – Qatar mulling USD9-11bn bond sale
11 Oct 2017
Off the Record: Middle East DCM Must Evolve to Prosper in Challenging Times
As the annual Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East Awards approaches, we discuss some of the themes emerging behind the scenes in Middle East debt capital markets, looking at concerns voiced by bankers, investors and CFOs in private discussions as well as the opportunities on the horizon for foreign FIs and investors looking to delve deeper into the region.
6 Oct 2017
Africa Credit Markets Brief: 20 September – 04 October
African Development Bank tapped the international markets – South Africa issued dollar bonds worth USD2.5bn – NPLs rise in Nigeria – Nigeria raises NGN105.87 through maiden sovereign sukuk - Kenya Airways is looking to restructure debt – Ghana holds rates – Zimbabwe gets a USD600mn credit line from Afreximbank
4 Oct 2017
Middle East Credit Markets Brief: 13 September – 27 September
GCC bonds soften on FOMC tone – Saudi Arabia pushes forward with local sukuk sales – Emaar secures syndi loan – UAE Central Bank soaks up additional liquidity – Nebras prices landmark deal – QIC pulls out of UAE amid diplomatic rift – Egypt plans more Eurobonds – Bahrain prices triple-trancher – Iran makes headway on gov’t spending transparency – Lebanon passes crucial tax reforms – OOECP, Mazoon…
27 Sept 2017
Exploring the Next Frontier in the GCC Capital Markets: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s emergence in the international capital markets, first through the sovereign’s US$17.5bn conventional bond followed months later by its US$9bn sukuk, has the potential to herald one of the biggest shifts the region’s markets have seen in years.
21 Sept 2017