Sukuk from borrowers in the largest
Arab economy may more than double to $4.5 billion this year from $2.1 billion in 2009, as a âscarcityâ of local notes that comply with the religionâs ban on interest bolsters demand from local banks, according to Riyadh-based HSBC
Saudi Arabia Ltd.
Saudi Arabia, the worldâs largest oil supplier, announced the five-year plan in 2008 to spur economic growth and finance construction projects. Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf said on Feb. 11 that gross domestic product may increase more than 4 percent in 2010, compared with 0.6 percent last year.
âThereâs going to be a reasonable amount of sukuk supply this year,â Rajiv Shukla, managing director and head of global capital finance at HSBC Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, a unit of HSBC Holdings Plc, said in an interview yesterday. âSaudi Arabia has been a steady supplier.â
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