BANKING - Albaraka Turk Plans to Raise as Much as $750 Million in 2012

www.bloomberg.com - Albaraka Turk Katilim Bankasi AS (ALBRK), the Turkish unit of Bahrain’s AlBaraka Banking Group (BARKA), plans to raise as much as $750 million through syndicated financing and an Islamic bond sale this year, the group chief executive said.
The bank may raise between $400 million and $500 million from a so-called syndicated murabaha facility next week, CEO Adnan Yousif said in a telephone interview late yesterday from Alexandria, Egypt. The financing will mostly be in dollars, with some in euros, he said. The bank also plans to raise as much as $250 million from the sale of 7-year Islamic bonds this year. (source)

REAL ESTATE - QInvest advises Turkey REIT on $50mn ‘murabaha’ finance facility

www.gulf-times.com - QInvest has advised a Turkey-based Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) on the latter’s $50mn syndicated ‘murabaha’ finance facility.
QInvest acted as sole book runner and structuring advisor to İş Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı (İş REIT), which entered into a financing agreement with a syndicate of banks from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
The finance facility carries tenure of two years and a profit rate of Libor +250 basis points.  (source)

REAL ESTATE - İş REIT Signs US$ 50 million Syndicated Murabaha Facility

www.qinvest.com -

• 2-year syndicated US Dollar Murabaha facility.
  
• QInvest acting as Sole Bookrunner and Structuring Advisor.
  
• Qatar Islamic Bank acting as Initial Mandated Lead Arranger with Barwa Bank, First Gulf Bank and Mashreq Bank as Mandated Lead Arrangers.

İş Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi A.S (“İş REIT” or the “Company”) has signed a US$ 50 million Murabaha facility with a syndicate of banks from the GCC. The facility carries a tenor of 2 years and a profit rate of LIBOR +250 bps.

QInvest acted as Sole Bookrunner and Structuring Advisor to İş REIT. Qatar Islamic Bank was the Initial Mandated Lead Arranger and is also acting as the Investment Agent with Barwa Bank, First Gulf Bank, Mashreq Bank taking the Mandate Lead Arranger roles. (source)

BANKING - Albaraka Turk mandates for 1 year Murabaha Syndication

www.finansglobal.com - Albaraka Turk, one-year term for $ 250 million murabaha syndicated loans the banks have signed a letter of appointment.

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(Finansglobal) - ABC Islamic Bank (EC), Al Hilal Bank PJSC, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad, Emirates NBD Capital Limited, Noor Islamic Bank PJSC and correspondent banks led by Standard Chartered Bank, one-year term murabaha syndication will be denominated in USD and EUR .  (source)

BANKING - Turkiye Finans enters into USD 350 mio Murabaha Syndication

www.finansglobal.com - Turkey Finance, the total participation of 15 countries, 29 international markets, the bank provided 350 million U.S. dollars Murabaha syndication.

provided by financial markets syndicate finansUluslararası turkey Murabaha Finance General Manager of Turkey Derya Gürer Speaking at the signing ceremony, the consortium led ABC Islamic Bank, HSBC, said Noor Islamic Bank and Standard Chartered Bank undertook.  (source)

BANKING - Turkiye Finans obtains a USD 350 mio Murabaha Syndication

www.dunya.com - Finance General Manager of Turkey Derya Gürer: This syndication and corporate finance to SMEs primarily to companies in need of support, reasonable cost and kullandıracağız conditions.
ISTANBUL - Turkey Finance, the total participation of 15 countries, 29 international markets, the bank provided 350 million U.S. dollars Murabaha syndication.
Bank of Asia syndicate of international financial markets has provided Murabaha Finance General Manager of Turkey Derya Gürer Speaking at the signing ceremony, the consortium led ABC Islamic Bank, HSBC, said Noor Islamic Bank and Standard Chartered Bank undertook. (source)

BANKING - Turkiye Finans secures Murabaha Facility and Sukuk in in the pipeline

www.reuters.com - Turkish Islamic bank Turkiye Finans secured a $350 million murabaha loan, and plans to issue $300 million sukuk at the end of the year, general manager Derya Gurerk said late on Monday. (source)

FINANCE - Turkey is finance Murabaha syndication

www.finansglobal.com - Turkey Finance, with the participation of 15 countries, 29 of the bank provides a new Murabaha syndication.

Turkey according to a statement from Finance, ABC Islamic Bank, HSBC Bank Middle East, Noor Islamic Bank, Standard Chartered Bank Signing Ceremony on May 14 at the Conrad Hotel Syndicated assumed leadership of the consortium to be done.

The statement did not appear in the amount of syndication.  (source)

FINANCE - Noor Islamic to arrange $1 bln Turkish debt by yr-end - CEO - May apply for Turkish banking license by end of this year

www.reuters.com - (Reuters) - Dubai-based Noor Islamic Bank has arranged more than $2 billion of debt transactions in Turkey since the beginning of 2011 and targets a further $1 billion before year-end, its chief executive officer told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.
"There's huge demand for financing in Turkey, mainly in the SME (small and medium enterprises) business. We've done $2 billion...and expect another $1 billion this year," said Hussain Al Qemzi. (source)

FINANCE - Turkey's Bank Asya gets $325 mln dual-currency Islamic loan

www.reuters.com - (Reuters) - Turkish lender Asya Katilim Bankasi (Bank Asya) has secured a $325 million dual-currency syndicated Islamic loan, a statement from Emirates NBD, one of the arranging banks, said on Tuesday.

Late last year, the lender, which offers non-interest banking services adhering to Islamic law, postponed a foray into debt capital markets by delaying a sukuk issue worth up to $300 million.

The syndicated loan comprises a $201 million tranche and a 96.5 million euro segment, and is structured as a murabaha facility. (source)

FINANCE - Turkish Bank Asya gears up for syndicated loan

www.m2.com - 1 March 2012 - Turkish lender Asya Katilim Bankasi AS is seeking to get a syndicated Islamic loan that could be denominated in various currencies, the bank said in a bourse filing yesterday.

In particular, Asya plans to draw a one-year loan worth the equivalent of USD200m (EUR150m). (source)

BANKING - Albaraka Turk set to rekindle Turkish corporate sukuk issuance

Another sign of how the dynamics of the global financial crisis, especially the on-going euro zone debt crisis and the credit crunch, are affecting more stable economies in the emerging countries and where relevant including their Islamic finance and especially sukuk market, is the postponement of the proposed sukuk offerings of two of Turkey's participation banks, Al Baraka Turk Katilim Bankasi (Albaraka Turk Participation Bank (ATPB) and Bank Asya.

Both were supposed to close their sukuk offerings by the end of 2012. The general reason for the postponement was adverse market conditions, but in reality they differed for each institution.  (source)

BANKING -Kuwait Finance House plans to continue its pivotal role in Turkish market, says Chairman

ameinfo.com - Chairman of Kuwait Finance House in Turkey Mohammed Al-Omar announced that the bank plans to continue its pivotal role in the Turkish market, in addition to cementing its strategy that is based on strengthening economic relations with neighboring countries, and with Kuwait and other GCC countries.

He added that the bank also plans to continue offering Islamic products and instruments that can broaden the horizon of Islamic banking in the Turkish economy, such as sukuk, murabaha, and ijarah.

Al-Omar went on to say during a forum held in Turkey that was attended by Turkish Minister of Finance and Minister of Economy, in addition to other economic, business and political figures, that KFH-Turkey has become a source of motivation for many Turkish banks and financial institutions. (source)

RATINGS - Albaraka Turk's proposed Sukuk Certificates assigned 'BB' Issue Rating

cpifinancial.net  - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned a 'BB' issue rating on proposed Sukuk certificates to be issued by Bereket Varlik Kiralama Anonim Sirketi (the issuer), a special purpose company (SPC)

Albaraka Turk Katilim Bankasi (Albaraka Turk; BB/Negative/B; Turkey national scale trAA-/--/trA-1) is the obligor and managing agent. The 'BB' rating on the proposed Sukuk certificates is based on the 'BB' long-term counterparty credit rating on Albaraka Turk and the draft documentation of the planned issuance dated 20 November 2011 received from the bank. (source)

BANKING - Albaraka Turk names banks for sukuk roadshow

Nov 21 (Reuters) - Albaraka Banking Group's Turkish unit Albaraka Türk Katlm Bankas has mandated four banks on a series of investor meetings and may issue an Islamic bond as early as next month, a banker familiar with the matter said on Monday.

"Albaraka Turk mandated Deutsche Bank, Emirates NBD, Noor Islamic Bank and QInvest to arrange fixed income meetings in Asia, Europe and the Middle East starting Nov 26," the banker, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.  (source)

BANKING - Turkey capitalizes on participation banking ties

Perhaps it is not surprising that the 9th Annual Summit of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) will be hosted by the Central Bank of Turkey (CBT) on May 16-17, 2012 in Istanbul. At the meeting of the central banks & monetary authorities of the OIC member countries which was organized by the Ankara-based SESTRIC, the statistical and research organization of the OIC, and hosted by Bank Negara Malaysia, the central bank, in Kuala Lumpur last week, Erdem Basçı, governor of the CBT, was indeed a busy man. (source)

CAPITAL MARKETS - KFH unit’s second sukuk stirs delight in Turkish markets

As Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank (KTPB), which is majority owned by Kuwait Finance House (KFH), one of the largest Islamic banks in the world, ponders the successful closure last week of its $350 million 5-year Sukuk Al-Ijara, its second issuance to date, there is already talk of future forays into the global financial market to raise even longer term funding subject to the usual caveats of timing and market conditions. (source)

FINANCE - BIBD provides Murabaha financing to Turkish firm

bt.com.bn - BANK Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad (BIBD) will be providing financing of US$75,000,000 ($97,500,000) to Turkiye Finans Katilim Bankasi (TKFB) AS under the bank's Murabaha Financing Facility.

BIBD, one of Brunei's largest financial institutions, said the financing facility will be for five years and will provide funding for small and medium enterprises (SME) in Turkey. (source)

FINANCE - Turkey Finance, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam'dan murabaha loan was a $ 75 million.

ISTANBUL - Turkey Finance, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam murabaha loan with a 5-year term with the new $ 75 million in the year 2011 a total of 800 million dollars worth of foreign loans has been provided. SMEs as a priority use of the new loan will be available from the received usury. (source)

IDB - IDB boosts financing cooperation with Turkish corporates

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) latest $75 million line of financing to Turkiye Finans Participation Bank, one of the four participation (Islamic) banks in Turkey and in  which Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank has a controlling stake, underlines the proactive involvement of the multilateral development bank of the Muslim world in Turkey over the last three decades. (source)