Thursday 26 February 2015

IILM reissues US$990 million of short-term sukuk

The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) has successfully reissued US$990 million worth of benchmark size short-term sukuk. 

The sukuk were reissued in two different series, a US$490 million 3-month tenor priced at 0.56260% profit rate, and a US$500 million 6-month tenor priced at a 0.78570% profit rate. 

The reissuance auction was fully subscribed to by the following primary dealers: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Al Baraka Turk, Barwa Bank, CIMB Islamic Bank, KBL Private Bankers, Kuwait Finance House, Maybank Islamic, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Qatar National Bank and Standard Chartered Bank.