29.06.2009 - SECO Sukuk orders exceed $1.87 bln

From Bloomberg: Saudi Electricity Co., the state- controlled power producer, received more than 7 billion riyals ($1.87 billion) in orders for this year’s largest Islamic bond sale, a banker familiar with the transaction said. The five-year Islamic bonds, known as sukuk, may be priced to yield 160 basis points over the Saudi interbank rate, said the banker, who declined to be identified before the sale is completed........Full Article: Source

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