| There is a pent-up demand for sukuk issuances from Islamic institutional investors and banks as they seek to diversify their investments from bond holdings and this opens up an opportunity for the sukuk market to be a useful source of additional funding, Fitch Ratings said.
The demand is likely to also come from sukuk supply from sovereigns outside Islamic nations in the Middle East and South-East Asia, the agency said, adding that South Africa and Ireland were seriously considering a sukuk issuance...............................................Full Article: Source
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