Country Profiles

• GCC Sukuk Issuances YoY Decline 28%

  2015-09-09 01:25:11

  Sukuk issuances in August 2015 stood at USD450mn, declining from USD2.3bn registered in the earlier month. For YTD August 2015 sukuk issuance by value

• RHB: Weak Oil Prices May Impact Sukuk Issuance in GCC and Malaysia

  2015-08-27 23:30:10

  Oil prices remain under pressure in the face of global supply glut, slowing global economic growth and stronger dollar. In turn, this uncertainty coul

• Turkish Sukuk Borrowing Rate Jumps 2.16%

  2015-08-22 23:57:11

  The cost of issuing a two year Turkish sovereign sukuk has jumped 2.16% since the February of this year as concerns about the health of the Turkish ec

• RHB: Flows into Safer Sovereign Sukuk

  2015-08-18 22:22:39

  Flows seen into safer sovereign-backed sukuk. Yuan devaluation intensified concerns about a slowdown in Chinese economy, which has domino-effect to Sa

• GCC Bonds and Primary Sukuk Issuances Drop

  2015-08-08 14:41:28

  Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Sukuk issuances shrunk by 26.45% from USD6.55 billion raised in H1 2014 to USD 4.82 billion raised in H1 2015.

• Sukuk Market Activity Picks Up

  2015-08-04 00:12:46

  Kuveyt Turk, Brunei Darussalam, and National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) all issue in domestic currencies.
  

• IslamicFinance.com ranks Al Rajhi as world's largest Islamic Bank

  2015-07-31 17:02:18

  In a ranking exercise of the top Islamic Banks based on assets, the leading Islamic Finance industry title IslamicFinance.com has released a charting

• Kyrgyz government approves projects on introduction of Islamic Sukuk

  2015-07-24 00:43:12

  Kyrgyzstan's per capita gross domestic product is about $1,300, or just a tenth of that in oil-rich neighbour Kazakhstan, hopes to use Islamic financ

• Dovish Fed, Greek Bailout and Iran Delayed Deal Constructive for Sukuk

  2015-07-19 16:17:22

  Sukuk tracked the UST curve bull flattener of 4-7bps over the week mainly attributed to the dovish FOMC minutes released Thursday morning and wider fi

• Two Sukuk Issuances and Saudi major sets up $3B Programme

  2015-07-11 00:33:16

  The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) issued a short-term sukuk, whilst the Central Bank of Bahrain surprised the market w