Saturday, June 02, 2012

INDONESIA - CAPITAL MARKETS - Bank Muamalat gears up for Islamic debt issue in third week of June

futures.tradingcharts.com - Indonesia-based Islamic Sharia-compliant lender PT Bank Muamalat is set to place an IDR800bn (USD84.7m/EUR67.5m) sukuk in the third week of June, The Jakarta Post reported on Tuesday. The deal falls within the bank's strategy to beef up its financial resources with IDR1.5trn capital. Bank Muamalat aims to reach the target by raising the remaining IDR700bn by the first half of next year, the paper said. (source)

 According to the lender's compliance and risk management director, Andi Buchari, the Islamic instrument to be launched in June could be subscribed in full and priced to yield 9% amid expectations for more favourable market conditions. Bank Muamalat had previously unveiled plans to tap the debt market in June via an issue of IDR800bn shelf-registered Sharia subordinated bonds, with a 10-year maturity and callable at the fifth year. The lender had said that its stockholders would invest in the issue, for which PT Bahana Securities is lead underwriter. Bank Muamalat was set up in 1991 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. It has operations also in Malaysia. The bank's net profit grew by 25.16% on the year to IDR86.9bn in the first quarter of 2012.

Source:  http://futures.tradingcharts.com/news/futures/Bank_Muamalat_gears_up_for_Islamic_debt_issue_in_third_week_of_June_179422283.html - May 29, 2012

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