GBSA News & Events
GBSA is pleased to be associated with the following events:
GBSA, along with the Arab Monetary Fund, IMF, World Bank and OECD, will gather senior MENA finance leaders for a high level conference,
“Strengthening Debt Capital Markets in the Arab World” on May 23-24 at the Beach Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
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“Pricing for Islamic Financial Instruments”
18th June 2012, Dubai
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Summit Set to Spur MENA Bond Markets
GBSA, Arab Monetary Fund, IMF, World Bank, EBRD and OECD will gather MENA financial leaders May 23-24 in Abu Dhabi for "Strengthening Debt Capital Markets in the Arab World"
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Qatar picks five banks for sovereign sukuk
REUTERS
DUBAI QATAR has mandated five banks to help arrange a new sovereign sukuk, four sources familiar with discussions said on Thursday, the Gulf Arab state’s first Islamic bond in almost 10 years.
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QNB in talks with banks on refinancing $1.85bn loan
DUBAI: Qatar National Bank, the state’s largest bank, is in talks with banks on refinancing a $1.85bn loan maturing on July 22, two sources said yesterday.
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Islamic repo agreements struggle for traction
DUBAI: Islamic repurchase agreements may struggle to gain wide acceptance as a tool for financial institutions because the industry lacks clear rules governing their use, participants at a major industry conference told Reuters.
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Barclays Seeks 25% Revenue Growth in Middle East, Africa
May 10 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc, Britain’s second- biggest bank, is seeking to boost revenue from the Middle East and North Africa by as much as 25 percent annually over the next five years and will hire about 100 people in the region in 2011.
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Dubai Islamic Bank selects lenders for sukuk
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has mandated HSBC, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Emirates NBD, Deutsche Bank and itself for an Islamic bond due to be issued at the end of May, Reuters has reported, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
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IDB plans $1 billion sukuk
Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Development Bank (IDB), which operates on the principles of Shari’ah, plans to raise up to $1 billion by issuing a sukuk, a spokesman for the bank told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Bahrain eyes global bond market return, picks banks
Bahrain plans a sovereign bond targeting the US market by the summer, its central bank said yesterday, in a sign the Gulf state is confident it can attract international investors in the face of social unrest and budget pressures.
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The DFSA sets-up Dubai as a key bond/sukuk listing venue
By Brad Douglas, Associate Director, Dubai Financial Services Authority The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) conventional bond and sukuk issuance market has experienced noticeable growth over the last two years with sukuk issuances becoming more prominent.
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Dubai sukuk premium to Malaysia slides to record level
DUBAI: The yield premium investors demand to hold Dubai’s unrated Islamic bonds over Malaysia’s declined to a record after the emirate’s state-linked companies made progress in settling $15 billion of debt due this year.
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