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Malaysia’s Islamic borrowing costs increased to a four-month high on concern rising food prices will drive up the lowest inflation in Southeast Asia, as the government raises spending before next year’s elections. Yields on 10-year sukuk rose 20 basis points this month to 3.69 percent, after reaching a record low of 3.48 percent on July 26, according to [...]
Saudi Hollandi Bank will probably be able to sell Islamic bonds more cheaply than other issuers in the largest Arab economy as a dearth in debt issuance in the past two months boosts demand for the notes. The board of the Riyadh-based bank, which is 40 percent owned by ABN Amro Holding NV, approved sukuk valued at 1.4 billion riyals ($373 [...]
Improved prospects for the completion of branches of the Guggenheim and Louvre museums in Abu Dhabi have helped drive Tourism Development & Investment Co.’s Islamic bond yield to a record low as the emirate’s property market recovers. The yield on the 4.949 percent sukuk due October 2014 declined 92 basis points this year to 1.96 percent [...]
Indonesia’s Islamic bond yields rose to a seven-month high as the biggest current account deficit since at least 1997 helped make the rupiah Asia’s worst-performing currency this quarter. The yield on the 7.13 percent rupiahdenominated notes due October 2014 climbed 33 basis points in August to 5.99 percent, the highest level since Jan. 16. In Malaysia, yields on similar-maturity sukuk dropped one basis [...]
Saudi Electricity Co.’s Islamic bonds returned 67 percent more than Persian Gulf corporate sukuk, buoyed by a scarcity of Shariah-compliant securities in Saudi Arabia and demand for investmentgrade debt. The state-controlled utility’s 4.211 percent dollar-denominated notes maturing in April 2022 have gained 9.5 percent since their debut at the end of March. That compares with a 5.7 percent return on corporate sukuk from the [...]
The yield premium investors demand to hold Dubai’s unrated Islamic bonds over Malaysia’s tumbled as much as 50 percent this year to a record as the emirate’s state-linked companies settle debt and economic growth accelerates. The spread on Dubai’s 6.396 percent sukuk due November 2014 over Malaysia’s investment-grade 3.928 percent notes maturing in June 2015 fell 137 basis [...]
The average yield on Islamic bonds in the Persian Gulf last week jumped the most in six months as concern over Europe’s debt crisis triggered a sell-off of riskier assets and pushed oil prices lower. Sukuk yields in the region rose 15 basis points last week, the most since the week ended Nov. 18, to [...]
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. The spread on Dubai’s 6.396 percent sukuk due November 2014 over Malaysia’s investment-grade 3.928 percent notes maturing in June 2015 has fallen [...]
The rally in ringgit-denominated Islamic bonds that pushed yields to an eight-month low will end after the central bank ruled out a cut in interest rates, according to CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. and RHB Capital Bhd. Yields may rise after Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said in an interview that the benchmark policy [...]
