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Saudi sukuk are going from a local asset class to global benchmarks
Even as regional tensions could spur risk-off sentiments for emerging markets, Saudi Arabia is seen as a safe bet —…
Brookfield + Alshaya Group form Dubai Hills JV and Apis Partners closes USD 1.23 bn third fund
Plus: First Abu Dhabi Bank tapped international markets with 2x oversubscribed sukuk
Gulf capital markets are showing signs of life this morning even as the war shows no sign of ending
Plus: SPE Capital, Amethis, and EBRD set to exit Egypt’s GlobalCorp via private placement transaction
Emirates prices USD 750 mn AT1 issuance
Plus: Banking consortium arranging funding for the Kuwaiti pipeline sale takes shape
Emirates NBD is testing appetite for an AT1, but Burjeel thinks investors are asking too much
Plus: War or not, Citadel is setting up shop in DIFC
MENA M&A were down 74% and bond issuances off 12% in 1Q as spreads widened on Gulf war
Signs of life at the start of 2Q suggest the back half of the year could look more like January…
Dubai’s embedded finance startup Comfi raises USD 65 mn to expand into Saudi
AND: Fawry secures an on-lending package focused on SMES and founders
Syria clinches USD 225 mn World Bank grant
The funding will support rebuilding water and sanitation infrastructure, as public health access
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