12.09.2012 - Turkey seeks advice on its proposed sovereign sukuk
The announcement by the Turkish Treasury a few days ago that it had mandated Citigroup, HSBC and Liquidity Management House (LMH), the investment bank subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House , "to explore opportunities for a possible Lease Certificate issuance in the international capital markets" could not be more Turkspeak. In reality the mandate is to advise and structure the proposed debut sovereign Sukuk Al-Ijara of the country, the first time that secular Turkey would raise funds from the international market through the issuance of Islamic leasing certificates (Sukuk Al-Ijara)...............................................Full Article: Source
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