The IILM issues a total of $800 million sukūk

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 11 March 2020. Today, the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) conducted its third auction of the year by issuing a total amount of USD 800 million short-term    A-1 rated Ṣukūk in three series.

Strong global investor demand led to a total order book of USD 1.47 billion and a bid-to-cover ratio for the three Ṣukūk series of 190%. With over 50 orders from diversified investors, the allocations across all tenors are concentrated within the GCC region accounting to circa 90% in average.

The three issuances have been priced by the market as follows; i) USD 300 million of 1-month tenor at 0.81%; ii) USD 300 million of 3-month tenor at 0.87%; and iii) USD 200 million of 6-month tenor at 0.85%, respectively. The cut-off profit rates across all the Ṣukūk came up far below February 2020 levels by at least 90 bps reflecting the massive decline of the global money-market rates.

The successful auction, which is part of the IILM’s scheduled issuance calendar, comes at a moment of significant market volatility. The excellent outcome amid global uncertainties is a testament to the strength of the IILM’s credit quality. The enduring confidence from the Primary Dealers and investors’ in the IILM enables it to fulfill its specific mandate to provide the global market with high quality Shari’ah-compliant liquidity instruments.

Today’s IILM auction completes the first quarter issuances with a total of 9 securities amounting to USD 2.65 billion and representing close to 30% of all the USD Ṣukūk issued globally year-to-date.

The IILM short-term Sukūk programme is rated “A-1” by S&P. The total of IILM Ṣukūk outstanding is USD 2.51 billion with a shari’ah tradability ratio of 71% tangible assets.

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