From Aawsat.com: The strength of Saudi Arabia’s public finances should not prevent the government from issuing sovereign Islamic bonds — or sukuk — which will be critical to the development of corporate sukuk issues, bankers said.

Kamal Mian, head of Saudi Hollandi Bank’s Islamic banking unit, also said that any of Saudi Arabia’s 130-plus listed firms can tap the sukuk market, but the high financial cost linked to ratings from international agencies makes bank funding “always cheaper.”……………………..Full Article: Source