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Saudi Arabia remained the GCC\u2019s biggest debt issuer in 1Q 2026<\/strong>, raising USD 32.54 bn across 42 issuances, according to the Kuwait Financial Center\u2019s (Markaz) fixed income report for the quarter<\/a>. The Kingdom\u2019s tally was up 3.1% y-o-y during the quarter and accounted for 59.1% of the USD 55.04 bn raised across 95 transactions in the region during the quarter. <\/p>\n

Across the region, government issuances accounted for the largest share of transactions<\/strong> (37.2%), raising USD 20.46 bn from 12 issuances. Coming in a close second is issuances from the financial sector, with 64 issuances worth a combined USD 19.45 bn. Despite accounting for 35.3% of total issuances, that value dropped 14.0% y-o-y. Energy followed at USD 5.52 bn from six issuances (a 10.0% share), while all other sectors together accounted for 17.5% of issuances during the quarter. <\/p>\n

The quarter was dominated by short-term issuances<\/strong>, which accounted for 41.8% of total volume at USD 23.01 bn from 58 transactions. Mid-term issuances (5-10 years) followed with USD 17.24 bn across 21 transactions, accounting for 31.3% of the total. Long-term paper carrying tenors of 10-30 years trailed with 16.4% of the volume, bringing in USD 9.0 bn from five issuances, and a single ultra-long bond (30+ years) raised USD 1 bn. Perpetuals also gained ground in both size and count, rising to USD 4.79 bn across 10 issuances.<\/p>\n

Large-cap issuances of USD 1 bn or more dominated the GCC primary market during the<\/strong> quarter<\/strong>, accounting for nearly two-thirds of total issuance volume at USD 33.33 bn from 20 transactions. Mid-sized issuances between USD 500 mn and USD 1 bn followed at USD 15.37 bn from 24 issuances. The most active slice by count was again the sub-USD 100 mn category, where 31 smaller transactions raised a combined USD 1 bn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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