NASDAQ Dubai prepares for Sukuk bonds 28 May 2013Dubai Reporter: Georgina Lavers
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NASDAQ Dubai, the Middle East’s international financial exchange, is preparing to open a platform on which investors can trade Sukuk (Islamic bonds) and conventional bonds. ??
Trades will be automatically and exclusively routed for settlement at Euroclear Bank. The tradable securities will initially comprise at least 12 Sukuk and bonds that are listed on the exchange, with a nominal value of $10.9 billion.??
The platform will be available to institutional and high-net worth investors and will be opened and gradually developed in coming weeks.
??Essa Kazim, chairman of Borse Dubai, the holding company for Dubai’s stock exchanges, said: “The new platform is a natural extension of Dubai’s existing role as a centre for Sukuk and bond issuance and listing. NASDAQ Dubai will offer an efficient trading venue to participants from the region and around the world, providing fresh impetus to the growth of the capital markets in the UAE and the region.”
??Tim Howell, CEO of Euroclear, said that Euroclear Bank’s post-trade infrastructure will complement NASDAQ Dubai’s new platform, helping issuers gain access to a large and diverse community of global trading counterparties.
Hamed Ali, acting chief executive of NASDAQ Dubai, said: “The opening of the platform will be an important step in Dubai’s growth as a global leader in innovation in the Sukuk and bond sectors. We look forward to creating further depth in the fixed income market and will collaborate with investors and other participants to steadily develop and enhance the platform.”??
For the first time, prices of NASDAQ Dubai-listed Sukuk and bonds will be visible to all investors simultaneously on the same screen-based system, through the exchange.
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