The IILM issues $1.06 billion sukuk

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 11 August 2020 - Today, the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) has successfully conducted an auction for a total issuance of USD 1.06 billion short-term A-1 rated Ṣukūk in three series of 1-month, 3-month and 7-month tenor, respectively.

The three series have been priced by the market as follows; i) USD 400 million of 1-month tenor at 0.33%; ii) USD 460 million of 3-month tenor at 0.45%; and iii) USD 200 million of 7-month tenor at 0.58%, respectively. The final profit rates lie within the indicative pricing guidance across all the tenors issued today, including the inaugural 7-month tenor issued. This demonstrates the sound and continuing interest from Primary Dealers and Investors, following the upsize of the asset portfolio that reached the full capacity of the USD 3 billion programme size earlier in late July.

The tender resulted in significant demand from Middle Eastern, Asian and African investors, with an orderbook that closed in excess of USD 1.72 billion, representing an average oversubscription rate of 1.62 times.

With frequent monthly issuances throughout the year, the IILM has achieved a total cumulative issuance amount of USD 7.5 billion year-to-date, which represents around 30% of the USD-denominated Ṣukūk year-to-date globally.  The IILM will continue to issue its Sukūk regularly to meet the market demand and liquidity needs of institutions offering Islamic financial services. 

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