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Abu Dhabi bank eyes $500 million in Islamic bond
International investors continue to show strong interest in purchasing 'Islamic' bonds and Abu Dhabi major bank plans to capitalize
Reuters Published in Ahram Online on 29 - 08 - 2011

Abu Dhabi government-owned Al-Hilal Bank plans to raise $500 million through the sale of a 5-year Islamic bond, or Sukuk, in the fourth quarter, an official with the bank told Reuters on Monday.
The issuance would be the first tranche of a global sukuk, the official said, adding that the lender's sukuk programme is expected to be between $2 billion and $5 billion.
The potential issue would be the first sukuk sale for the lender. The official declined to be identified as he was not authorised to speak to media.
Earlier in the day, Al-Hilal's Chief Executive Mohammad Berro told local daily Gulf News that the Islamic bank will use proceeds to support the bank's growth and diversify its funding.
"We are hoping to close the issue by the end of the last quarter this year," Berro told the newspaper in an interview.
Berro said thecurrencyof the Islamic bond and the lead manager of the issue would be announced at a later date.
In July, Berro told Reuters that the unlisted bank, wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC), will look at tapping capitalmarketsthrough a sukuk sale by the end of the year or in 2012.
Another regional daily reported on Monday that the bank could seek to issue at least $1 billion in sukuk by the end of the year, citing Al Hilal's head of wholesale banking.
Investor appetite for Islamic debt from the region has proved resilient despite market volatility. UAE lender First Gulf Bank, for example, raised $650 million from the sale of five-year Islamicbondsin July, in a significantly oversubscribed deal that benefited from solid global demand for Sharia-compliant paper.
Issues from entities such as Sharjah Islamic Bank , which launched a $400 million sukuk in May, and HSBC Middle East, with a $500 million offering the same month, also set a positive tone with both issues well oversubscribed.

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