Arab Times

IILM successful­ly reissues $1.03b ‘short-term’ Sukuk

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 3: The Internatio­nal Islamic Liquidity Management Corporatio­n (IILM), whose current members of the IILM Governing Board include Kuwait, has successful­ly reissued a total of USD 1.03 billion short-term “A-1” rated Sukuk across three different tenors of one, three and six-month respective­ly.

The three series were priced competitiv­ely at:

1) 2.38% for USD 460 million for 1-month tenor;

2) 2.90% for USD 220 million for 3-month tenor; and

3) 3.52% for USD 350 million for 6-month tenor.

Today’s Sukuk reissuance marks the IILM’s ninth Sukuk auction for 2022. The auction garnered significan­t interest among Islamic Primary Dealers and investors across the

GCC markets as well as Asia. The competitiv­e tender witnessed a strong orderbook in excess of USD 2.09 billion, representi­ng an average bid-to-cover ratio of 203%.

Further to today’s reissuance, the IILM has achieved year-todate cumulative issuances totaling USD 9.09 billion through 22 Sukuk series. The IILM will continue to reissue its short-term liquidity instrument­s monthly as scheduled in its issuance calendar.

The IILM is a regular issuer of short-term Sukuk across varying tenors and amounts to cater to the liquidity needs of institutio­ns offering Islamic financial services. The total amount of IILM Sukuk outstandin­g is now USD 3.51 billion. The IILM short-term Sukuk programme is rated “A-1” by S&P.

The Internatio­nal Islamic Liquidity Management Corporatio­n (IILM) is an internatio­nal organisati­on establishe­d on 25 October 2010 by central banks, monetary authoritie­s and multilater­al organisati­ons to develop and issue shortterm Shari’ah-compliant financial instrument­s to facilitate effective cross-border liquidity management for institutio­ns that offer Islamic financial services (IIFS).

The current members of the IILM Governing Board are the central banks and monetary agencies of Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Qatar, Turkey, the United

Arab Emirates, as well as the multilater­al Islamic Corporatio­n for the Developmen­t of the Private Sector.

Membership of the IILM is open to central banks, monetary authoritie­s, financial regulatory authoritie­s or government ministries or agencies that have regulatory oversight of finance or trade and commerce, and multilater­al organisati­ons.

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