Saudi Arabia will join the JPMorgan Emerging Market Bond Index (GBI-EM) in 2027, with sovereign bonds expected to reach a 2.52% weighting.
Nasdaq Dubai welcomed the listing of a $500 million sukuk issued by The Arab Energy Fund, a leading multilateral impact financial institution, marking its third issuance on the exchange.
The UAE Ministry of Finance (MoF), in its capacity as issuer and in collaboration with the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) as issuing and payment agent, has launched the first-ever 7-year tranche of UAE dirham-denominated Islamic Treasury Sukuk (T-Sukuk) valued at AED550 million.
Nasdaq Dubai attracted a record number of sukuk listings in 2025, supported by sustained issuance activity from regional and international issuers and continued global investor demand for Sharia-compliant debt instruments.
Binghatti Holding, one of the UAE’s fastest-growing real estate developers, has successfully priced a long five-year $500 million benchmark sukuk under its $1.5 billion Trust Certificate Issuance Programme, in a transaction that was 4.4 times oversubscribed.
Oman’s Bank Nizwa has announced that it had successfully closed the 10th series of local currency sovereign sukuk worth RO200 million ($519 million), thus highlighting the bank’s expertise and leadership in Islamic finance and investment banking.
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading Islamic financial institution, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, has launched the first UAE Dirham-denominated sovereign sukuk for individual investors via the ADIB Smart Sukuk Platform, thus marking a major milestone in the UAE’s financial market,.
SICO, a leading regional asset manager, broker, market maker, has been appointed by Flooss Bahrain, a digital platform providing Sharia-compliant financing, to act as financial advisor and lead manager for a proposed securitisation sukuk issuance of up to $10 million.
Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC), the sole owner and operator of Oman's electricity transmission network and a key subsidiary of Nama Group, has announced the pricing and issuance of its inaugural RO 288.5 million ($750 million) 5-year Green Sukuk under its Green Financing Framework.
Energy Development Oman (EDO) has announced the s issuance of a USD 10-year Sukuk of RO 250 million ($650 million), maturing in January 2036. Priced at a profit rate of 5.14 per cent, the Sukuk achieved a credit spread of 100 basis points over the 10-year US Treasury benchmark, representing the tightest pricing ever secured by an Omani government-related entity (GRE).
