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- Turkey to decide on new sukuk issue types this week Reuters Middle East - 15 hours ago
(Adds quotes, background) ISTANBUL, May 22 (Reuters) - Turkey will decide this week onregulations which could permit new types of sukuk issues, More »
- Turkey seen allowing five new sukuk issue types- board chairman Reuters Middle East - 16 hours ago
ISTANBUL, May 22 (Reuters) - Turkey's Capital Markets Boardis working on five new types of sukuk issues as it seeks toallow wider use of Islamic More »
- Islamic Finance Gateway Daily Briefing Reuters Middle East - 19 hours ago
Islamic Finance Gateway Daily BriefingTuesday, May, 22 - The Islamic Finance Gateway (IFG) Briefing,published from Sunday to Thursday, carries the More »
- New Issue-Dar Al-Arkan Sukuk prices $450 mln 2018 bond Reuters Middle East - Tue, May 21, 2013
May 21 (Reuters) -Following are terms and conditions of a bond priced on Tuesday. Borrower Dar Al-Arkan Sukuk Company Ltd Guarantor Dar Al-Arkan Real More »
- Saudi's Dar Al Arkan launches $450 mln sukuk Reuters Middle East - Tue, May 21, 2013
DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Saudi developer Dar Al Arkan has launched a $450 million five-year Islamic bondoffering, a document from lead managers said More »
- Saudi's Dar Al Arkan tightens guidance on planned sukuk Reuters Middle East - Tue, May 21, 2013
DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Saudi developer Dar Al Arkan has lowered price guidance on its planned Islamic bondissue, a document from lead bankers on More »
- Saudi's Dar Al Arkan may sell $300 mln sukuk this week Reuters Middle East - Mon, May 20, 2013
* Dar Al Arkan eyeing $300 mln from sukuk sale - source * Order book in excess of $500 mln - leads * Early price talk of 5-yr sukuk at 6.25 pct * More »
- Saudi's Dar Al Arkan to sell benchmark-sized sukuk this week Reuters Middle East - Mon, May 20, 2013
DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Dar Al Arkan RealEstate Development Co is aiming to sell abenchmark-sized Islamic bond, or sukuk, this week More »
- Saudi's Dar Al Arkan picks banks ahead of potential sukuk issue Reuters Middle East - Mon, May 20, 2013
DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Dar Al Arkan RealEstate Development Co has picked six banks to arrangeinvestor meetings ahead of a possible More »
- Islamic Finance Gateway Weekly Briefing Reuters Middle East - Mon, May 20, 2013
Sunday, May 19 - The Islamic Finance Gateway (IFG) Briefing,published from Sunday to Thursday, carries the latestmarket-moving news and data for More »
- IILM seeks to secure primary dealers ahead of its maiden sukuk Reuters Middle East - Fri, May 17, 2013
By Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah and Bernardo Vizcaino KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (Reuters) - The International IslamicLiquidity Management Corp (IILM), which More »
- Islamic Development Bank picks banks for potential sukuk sale Reuters Middle East - Thu, May 16, 2013
DUBAI, May 16 (Reuters) - Islamic Development Bank, aJeddah-based multilateral institution, has picked eight banks toarrange a series of meetings More »
- Islamic finance needs global sharia board - IDB president Reuters Middle East - Thu, May 16, 2013
By Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah and Bernardo Vizcaino KUALA LUMPUR/SYDNEY, May 16 (Reuters) - The IslamicDevelopment Bank (IDB), a Jeddah-based multilateral More »
- IFSB preps liquidity guidance for Islamic banks, warns of risks Reuters Middle East - Wed, May 15, 2013
By Bernardo Vizcaino SYDNEY, May 15 (Reuters) - The Kuala Lumpur-based IslamicFinancial Services Board (IFSB) plans to issue a guidance notefor More »
- MIDEAST DEBT-IILM treads fine line in designing maiden sukuk Reuters Middle East - Sun, May 12, 2013
* Based on different premise than other sukuk * Participation of all primary banks not yet certain * Crucial to achieve bid-ask spreads below 50 bps More »
- Sukuk success for Saudi firms Arab News - Sat, May 11, 2013
The Guidance Financial Group (GFG) has advised Al-Bayan Group Holding Company on the establishment of a 1.0 billion Malaysian ringgit sukuk program More »
- IDB unit launches sovereign sukuk insurance Reuters Middle East - Thu, May 9, 2013
By Bernardo Vizcaino SYDNEY, May 9 (Reuters) - A unit of the Jeddah-based IslamicDevelopment Bank, a multilateral lending institution,has launched an More »
2012 ‘was a banner year for sukuk in Kingdom’ Arab News - Thu, May 9, 2013Sukuk has become a global trend, with countries increasingly finding it instrumental to develop their economies. This was among the conclusions More »
- Egypt's president signs Islamic bond bill into law Reuters Middle East - Thu, May 9, 2013
CAIRO, May 8 (Reuters) - Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi hasapproved a law allowing the state to issue Islamic bonds, theofficial gazette said on More »
- Major Dubai debt obligations in 2014-16 Reuters Middle East - Wed, May 8, 2013
DUBAI, May 8 (Reuters) - Dubai and its government-relatedentities (GREs) have around $48 billion of debt obligationscoming due between 2014 and 2016, More »
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- EXCLUSIVE-Glencore, Trafigura deals with Iran may have skirted sanctions -UN Reuters Middle East - 2 hours 27 minutes ago
* Glencore's aluminum chief to depart, reason unclear * Iran violates sanctions using front firms, false papers-report * It says Iran relies on foreign technology
- U.S. Congress moves to tighten sanctions on Iran Reuters Middle East - 2 hours 35 minutes ago
(Updates with Senate vote) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. House ofRepresentatives committee approved legislation on Wednesdayseeking to
- General says Israel poised for war on Syria if Assad falls Reuters Middle East - 3 hours ago
* Israel eyes possible knock-on wars with Hezbollah, Iran * Fears "strategic looting" of Syria's advanced weaponry * Worried by Russian-supplied air defences such
International Business
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti declared victory Wednesday in his bid to become the next mayor and vowed to put the
- Los Angeles mayor-elect vows to put recession in rear-view mirror Reuters - 1 hour 27 minutes ago
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti declared victory Wednesday in his bid to become the next mayor and vowed to put the
- Dish on national security PR offensive against SoftBank Reuters - 1 hour 40 minutes ago
By Alina Selyukh and Liana B. Baker WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp is ramping up its Washington-centric campaign to thwart Japanese firm SoftBank
- Justice Department tells lawmakers no bank is too big to jail Reuters - 2 hours 14 minutes ago
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Justice Department official insisted on Wednesday that no financial company is too big to jail, in the department's
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Can Intuit Get Back Into Wall Street's Good Graces?
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Markets & Exchanges
NYMEX-Oil falls to around $94 on gasoline stocks, Fed concerns
PERTH, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures prices droppedto around $94 a barrel on Thursday after data More »
Reuters Middle East - 13 minutes agoPRECIOUS-Gold slips after Bernanke hints at slowing bond purchases
SINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) - Gold fell for a third straightsession on Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve More »
Reuters Middle East - 14 minutes agoWorld Bank proposes $150 mln loan to help Jordan with refugees
By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The World Bank has proposed a$150 million loan for Jordan More »
Reuters Middle East - 2 hours 2 minutes agoEXCLUSIVE-Glencore, Trafigura deals with Iran may have skirted sanctions -UN
* Glencore's aluminum chief to depart, reason unclear * Iran violates sanctions using front firms, false More »
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