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By Yousef Saba
DUBAI, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The Jeddah-based Islamic
Development Bank on Wednesday sold $1.7 billion in five-year
Islamic bonds at 25 basis points over mid-swaps, a bank document
showed.
The multilateral development bank was expected to raise $1.5
billion through the sukuk sale, another document also from one
of the banks on the deal showed earlier.
The spread was tightened from initial guidance on Tuesday of
around 30 bps over mid-swaps after the sukuk drew more than $2.4
billion in demand.
Credit Agricole, First Abu Dhabi Bank,
HSBC, the Islamic Corporation for the Development of
the Private Sector, JPMorgan, KFH Capital,
Natixis, SMBC Nikko and Standard Chartered
arranged the debt sale.
The Islamic Development Bank, which is rated AAA by all
three major ratings agencies, is a regular issuer in the debt
capital markets.
It raised $2.5 billion in March with sustainability sukuk,
which can finance projects including renewable energy. IsDB also
sold $1.5 billion in sukuk in June last year.
(Reporting by Yousef Saba;
Editing by Alison Williams and Louise Heavens)