Saudi Arabia’s Islamic lender Al Rajhi Bank has opened books for its benchmark-sized US dollar Additional Tier 1 (AT1) social ...

What makes for a successful Sukuk issuance? How should corporates structure their offerings in a way that they are welcomed by the capital market? The value of Sukuk does not rest on the ...

Islamic finance industry has shown an impressive growth of 15-20 per cent per annum with assets under management valued at $1 trillion. The industry is projected to reach $2 trillion in the next three ...

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Islamic bond programmes from a trio of big conventional banks are set to expand the boundaries of Islamic finance, helping open the market to first-time issuers while testing the ...

Despite lower volumes in 2013, sukuk issuance is on track for a record year. Not long ago it looked like the bottom had fallen out of the Islamic capital markets, with a succession of high-profile ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco has chosen a commonly used hybrid structure for a domestic offer of riyal-denominated Islamic bonds that will be the state-owned oil giant's first debt sale, the ...

With liquidity still an issue, small and mid-size upstream oil and gas companies continue to feel a disproportionate impact of the ongoing financing squeeze from the debt crisis and the uncertainty in ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper assesses the impact of bonds issued according to Islamic principles (Sukuk), on the cost and risk structure of ...

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced recently it is seeking comments from the public on its draft regulation for sukuk issuances in the Philippines. According to the regulator, the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) -- Visionary Heritage Bhd (VHB), a special purpose vehicle sponsored by ISP Holding Sdn Bhd, has completed the inaugural issuance of the RM114 million ASEAN Green Sukuk ...