WORLD - CAPITAL MARKETS - USD 85 billion sukuk issued in 2011

www.zawya.com - By Adnan Halawi, Team Leader – Fixed Income, Zawya

 

USD85bn of sukuk were sold in 2011, an increase of 62% from 2010, writes Adnan Halawi, Zawya's Fixed Income Analyst, who presents a sukuk timeline for 2011 and pipeline for 2012.
GLOBAL SUKUK REVIEW: 2011

USD 84.4 billion of sukuk were issued in 2011 across the world, an increase of 62% from the USD 52 billion issued in 2010. This made the year the best on record in terms of sukuk issuance according to data compiled by Zawya's Sukuk Monitor.

Malaysia continued to constitute the main sukuk market worldwide, followed by the GCC, while sovereign issuers were the main drivers of the growth. The global sukuk market now stands at USD 182 billion. (source)

Source: Zawya Sukuk Monitor

Malaysia issued USD 58 billion or 69% of the total followed by GCC countries which issued a combined total of USD 19 billion or 23% of the total. New countries that witnessed sukuk issuance in 2011 were Yemen, Iran and Jordan.  Bahrain managed to maintain a top ranking among sukuk issuers despite all the unrest witnessed in the kingdom, while the UAE managed to climb the rankings from fifth with USD 1 billion in 2010 to third with USD 4.1 billion. Indonesia was the second biggest of issuer of sukuk in Asia.



Source: Zawya Sukuk Monitor

Government institutions continued to be the main issuers of sukuk across the globe with USD 56 billion or 66% of the total. Financial services followed with USD 15 billion or 17.5%.

Currency breakdown remained in favor of the Malaysian ringgit (MYR), which captured a 66% of the total at USD 65 billion. This was followed by the Qatari riyal (QAR), which received support from the huge domestic sukuk issued in January 2011. The US dollar came in third with USD 8.9 billion or 10% of the total, marking a strong comeback for USD-denominated sukuk.

New currencies included the Yemeni riyal (YER), Iranian riyal (IRR), Jordanian dinar (JOD) and Chinese yuan (CNY). The year witnessed an increased tendency for GCC issuers to issue in the Malaysian market.

While sukuk market remained skewed toward domestic markets with USD 75.8 billion or 89% of the total in 2011, there were 14 international sukuk worth USD 8.6 billion, up from 11 worth USD 5 billion in 2010.

Murabaha, Ijara, BBA and Musharaka remained the most used structures followed by Wakala and Istithmar - except that Wakala became a more widely used structure in 2011.

The London Stock Exchange grabbed the biggest number of listed sukuk issued in 2011 with 10 sukuk worth USD 5.1 billion, followed by Bursa Malaysia with five issues worth USD 3.33 billion.

The top sukuk issued in 2011 in terms of size included the QAR 33 billion (USD 9 billion) Qatar Sovereign Sukuk sold in January in the domestic market; Malaysia's Wakala Global Sukuk with two tranches worth USD 2 billion; Nakheel Sukuk 4; Indonesia Global Sukuk; and SATORP's sukuk. The last three were worth USD 1 billion each.

Click here to view our Sukuk Yearly Review for the year 2011

Sukuk timeline

What follows is a timeline of the major events and developments that took place in 2011 and which shaped the sukuk industry, some of which are expected to leave their impact and shape the year 2012 as well.

Jan	Qatar Central Bank Issues QAR50 Bln Bonds, Sukuks	View
Feb	Yemen Launches First Sukuk	View
Mar	First Sukuk Ijara Issues in Iranian Capital Market	View
	Al-Rajhi Cement - Jordan Issues the First Islamic Sukuk in Jordan	View
	Turkish Parliament passes tax neutrality law for Sukuk Al-Ijara	View
Apr	Bahrain Bourse Lists BD 200 million Government Islamic Leasing Sukuk	View
May	Thai Government Grants Tax Incentives to Boost Capital Market Development	View
Jun	First short-term sukuk out of Pakistan	View
	Introduction Of Bank Negara Monetary Notes-Istithmar	View
	Egypt EFSA's BOD approved the Proposal of Rules governing Issuing and Trading in Sukuk	View
July	Saudi Binladin closes Second Short Term Sukuk	View
Aug	Nakheel launches Dh4.8b sukuk	View
	Meezan Bank advised the First Ever Islamic Short-term Sukuk in Pakistan	View
Sep	SATORP pioneers project sukuk for Jubail refinery	View
Oct	Goldman's Sukuk Trust Certificate Program	View
	TAQA establishes MYR 3.5 billion programme	View
	Khazanah Issues Inaugural Offshore RMB Denominated Sukuk of RMB500 million	View
Nov	Bahrain prices $750m 2018 Sukuk	View
	Thomson Reuters launches World's First Islamic Interbank rate	View
	The Republic Indonesia prices US$1 Billion REG S/I44A Sukuk due 2018	View
	Three likely flaws in Goldman Sach's milestone sukuk	View
Dec	South Africa's National Treasury Invites Proposals for Sukuk	View

Besides the abundant issuance in 2011, there were a number of announcements that have created a healthy pipeline for 2012. While some countries managed to change their tax regulations to facilitate sukuk issuance, others initiated the procedures to do so.

Few companies shelved their issuance plans due to unfavorable market conditions and even fewer defaulted on repaying their obligations in 2011. Despite the Arab Spring and the Eurozone debt crisis, we saw a record year of issuance.

Sukuk 2012 Forecasts:

1-      More countries join the club of issuers
2-      New currencies
3-      More cross-border sukuk
4-      Further innovation in structures
5-      More consolidation
6-      More conventional issuers selling Islamic bonds
7-      More project finance sukuk
8-      More short term sukuk
9-      More debates and controversy
10-   More listing, trading and liquidity
11-   More diversification

Source: Zawya Sukuk Monitor

Source: http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120110175320/Sukuk_record_year  - Jan 11, 2012