Emirates Islamic Bank launches $750mn sustainability sukuk, document shows

Emirates Islamic Bank, the Islamic arm of Dubai’s biggest lender Emirates NBD, has launched a $750 million 5-year...
21 May, 2024

Emirates Islamic Bank, the Islamic arm of Dubai’s biggest lender Emirates NBD, has launched a $750 million 5-year sustainability Islamic bond, or sukuk, a document from an arranging bank showed on Tuesday.

Indicative pricing for the bond was for a spread of around 100 basis points over U.S Treasuries, the document showed, down from 130 bps over earlier in the day.

The debt, which is being issued under the bank’s $2.5 billion certificate issuance programme, attracted more than $1.9 billion in orders, the document added.

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