Today’s Sukūk reissuance also featured the IILM’s sixth 12-month tenor since its introduction in 2022.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 4 June 2024

The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM), an international organisation that develops and issues short-term Shari’ah-compliant financial instruments, has successfully completed the reissuance of an aggregate USD 1.05 billion short-term Ṣukūk across three different tenors of one, three, and twelve-month respectively.

The three series were priced competitively at:
i) 5.25% for USD 400 million for 1-month tenor;
ii) 5.33% for USD 400 million for 3-month tenor; and
iii) 5.30% for USD 250 million for 12-month tenor.

The IILM’s Ṣukūk reissuance today witnessed a competitive tender among Primary Dealers and investors from markets across the GCC region as well as Asia, with a combined orderbook in excess of USD 2.07 billion, representing an average bid-to-cover ratio of 197%.

Today’s Ṣukūk reissuance also featured the IILM’s sixth 12-month tenor since its introduction in 2022.

Further to today’s reissuance, the IILM has achieved year-to-date cumulative issuances totaling USD 5.69 billion through 18 Ṣukūk series.

The issuance forms part of the IILM’s “A-1” (S&P) and “F1” (Fitch Ratings) rated USD 4 billion short-term Ṣukūk issuance programme.

The IILM’s short-term Sukῡk is distributed by a diversified network of 10 primary dealers globally, namely Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Al Baraka Turk, Boubyan Bank, CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad, Dukhan Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Kuwait Finance House, Maybank Islamic Berhad, Qatar Islamic Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank.

The IILM is a regular issuer of short-term Ṣukūk across varying tenors and amounts to cater to the liquidity needs of institutions offering Islamic financial services. The total amount of IILM Ṣukūk outstanding is now USD 3.51 billion. The IILM will continue to reissue its short-term liquidity instruments monthly as scheduled in its issuance calendar.