Boursa Kuwait, the country's stock exchange, said it has won approval from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) for its proposed rule amendments, alongside the issuance of a resolution establishing a comprehensive regulatory and legislative framework for bonds and sukuk.
Nasdaq Dubai has announced the successful listing of an AED1.1 billion ($300 million) dirham-denominated Islamic Treasury Sukuk issued by the Ministry of Finance. The additional amounts represent tap issuances of two existing series under the UAE Federal Government’s T-Sukuk Programme.
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.
