Muscat: The total assets of Islamic banks and windows stood at OMR7 billion at the end of September 2023, up by 13 percent on an annual basis. This was stated by Tahir Salim Al Amri, CBO Executive President, while addressing a session of the Omani Islamic banking conference which began on Wednesday. The event was held […]
BY GULAM ALI KHAN Muscat – Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) had initially announced a series of meetings with qualified fixed income investors on October 3, 2023, to discuss an anticipated benchmark seven-year Sukuk offering in US dollars. However, Omantel announced on Tuesday that it is postponing the Sukuk issuance to a later date. The purpose of the Sukuk […]
JAKARTA. PT Adhi Karya (Persero) Tbk (ADHI), one of state-owned construction company, has issued Long-Term Sukuk Ijarah Without Public Offering Year 2023. These securities have been registered in Indonesia Central Securities Depository (KSEI) under code ISIN IDJ000028501. This sukuk ijarah has a principal of IDR 499.1 billion and a fixed ijarah yield rate, which will […]
Fitch Ratings-Dubai-October 2023: Outstanding ESG sukuk rose by 66% yoy to reach USD33.3 billion globally as of end-3Q23, and Fitch Ratings expects further growth over the medium term. The segment’s growth is driven primarily by governments’ sustainability initiatives and issuers’ funding diversification goals towards both the sharia and ESG-sensitive investors. ESG sukuk is expected to […]
The start of the prototype development came in the wake of a meeting on 16 October 2023 among the partners in the project Press Release October, 2023 Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:– The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) has kicked off building a prototype for its patent-pending Smart Stabilization System. The start of the prototype development came […]
GCC banks are among key sukuk investors and issuers, says the ratings agency Staff Writer, ZAWYA October, 2023 Sukuk issuances are expected to be higher in Q4 2023 quarter-on-quarter, although regional geopolitical volatilities may impact sentiment and appetite towards sukuk and bonds in emerging markets and the Middle East, Fitch Ratings said in a recent report. “We expect […]
According to the latest statistics the Islamic financial industry is almost $4trln in total assets in 2021 Staff Writer, The Peninsula October, 2023 Doha, Qatar: The Islamic finance sector is undergoing rapid expansion. With its steadfast commitment to ethical and moral principles, Islamic finance has the potential to offer a unique and sustainable approach to finance, contributing to […]
The $778bln Public Investment Fund mandated Citi, HSBC, JPMorgan and Standard Chartered Bank as global joint coordinators to organise a series of investor calls starting on Monday Hadeel Al Sayegh and Shamsuddin Mohd, Reuters News October, 2023 Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has mandated banks to arrange its first dollar-denominated Islamic bond issue, a document showed on Monday. The […]
Global sukuk issuances set to reach $160-$170 bln this year, S&P Global Ratings said in a report Staff Writer, ZAWYA October, 2023 The $3 trillion Islamic finance industry is expected to expand by around 10% per year in 2023-2024, similar to 2022, S&P Global Ratings said in a new report. Countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), mainly Saudi […]
Staff Writer, ZAWYA, September, 2023 Global sukuk issuance will decline for the third consecutive year to between $150 billion and $160 billion in 2023, from $178 billion last year, as key GCC sovereign issuers are witnessing stronger fiscal positions, according to a new report by Moody’s Investors Service. The decline will be driven by lower volumes from key […]