Bonds

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• Qatar Commercial bank to use bonds for growth

  Qatari bank to apply proceeds from $1.6bn bonds to repay debt, future expansion.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Financial Markets

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

• Oman annual inflation falls to 1.25% in Sept

  Omani consumer price index stood at 130.1 points in Sept after a brief uptick in Aug.

  Sector: Politics & Economics

Saturday, 7 November 2009

• Dubai’s debt move

  Investors anxiously await the fate of Nakheel’s $3.5bn sukuk, & the next installment of Dubai’s $10bn bailout fund.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Islamic Finance

Thursday, 29 October 2009

• Choosing Islamic finance

  Why gov'ts in Muslim nations in the Middle East and Asia are increasingly turning to Islamic finance to raise funds.

  Sector: Islamic Finance

Monday, 16 March 2009

• IEA says OPEC's decision "sensible"

  Head of International Energy Agency says OPEC has taken into account state of global economy.

  Sector: Energy

Monday, 22 December 2008

• UP seeks $681mn bond sale

  UPDATE 1: Dubai developer seeking regulatory approval to issue convertible bonds to strategic investors.

  Sector: Financial Markets, Real Estate

Wednesday, 26 November 2008

• Dubai Holding repays $653mn in bonds, loans

  News comes after another Dubai Inc fund seeks better terms for debt refinance.

  Sector: Banking & Finance

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

• Iran mulls $1bn international bond issue

  Islamic Republic tries to raise money in difficult financial climate against sanctions backdrop.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Politics & Economics, Financial Markets

Monday, 17 November 2008

• Kuwaits's Global Investment House cancels $410mn loan

  Decides not to proceed with acquisition of 20% stake in National Bank of Umm Al-Quwain. 

  Sector: Banking & Finance

Sunday, 28 September 2008

• Dubai Holding unit to take 32% stake in troubled Shuaa

  Dubai Banking Group to convert $408mn worth of bonds on Oct. 31, as planned. 

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Financial Markets

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

• Dubai's CBD planning $2bn bonds sale

  Commercial Bank of Dubai publishes its prospectus for Euro Medium Term Note Programm.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Financial Markets

Wednesday, 10 September 2008

• Taqa approves $572mn capital boost

  Capital increase will allow Abu Dhabi-controlled energy firm to convert recent bond issue into shares.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Energy, Financial Markets

Tuesday, 9 September 2008

• Dubai's ICD launches $6bn loan

  Banks to provide conventional and Islamic funding, amid awareness of rising exposure to Dubai Inc.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Financial Markets, Islamic Finance

Monday, 1 September 2008

• Energy firm IPIC eyes takeover of Aabar

  Abu Dhabi state-owned investment company seeks control via convertible bonds. 

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Energy

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

• Dubai's Union Properties seeks $1bn for projects

  Emirates NBD affiliate open to either conventional or Islamic financing, says CFO.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Real Estate, Islamic Finance

Saturday, 26 July 2008

• Qatar's Doha Bank puts $1bn Islamic bond issue on hold

  'Poor market conditions' blamed, first signs Islamic finance suffering from contagion.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Islamic Finance

Monday, 21 July 2008

• UAE's First Gulf says Mubadala among bondholders

  Nearly $1bn of convertible bonds shared with four other state-owned bodies.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Financial Markets

Sunday, 13 July 2008

• NBAD okays employee bonds

  Emirate's biggest bank by market value says approved plans to offer employees convertible bonds.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Financial Markets

Wednesday, 9 July 2008

• Aabar to vote on $1.82bn bond issue

  Aabar Investments shareholders to vote on plans to issue convertible bonds to strategic investor.

  Sector: Banking & Finance, Financial Markets

Thursday, 3 July 2008

• Abu Dhabi's Aabar eyes bond issue

  UPDATE 1: Energy firm says considering proposal from strategic investor to buy convertible bonds.

  Sector: Financial Markets

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