The IILM reissues USD 1.2 billion short-term Sukūk
Further to today’s reissuance, the IILM has achieved year-to-date cumulative issuances totaling USD 3.41 billion through nine Ṣukūk series.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 14 March 2022.
The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) has successfully reissued a total of USD 1.2 billion short-term “A-1” rated Ṣukūk across three different tenors of one, three, and six-month respectively.
The three series were priced competitively at:
i) 0.53% for USD 480 million for 1-month tenor;
ii) 1.03% for USD 500 million for 3-month tenor; and
iii) 1.25% for USD 220 million for 6-month tenor.
Today’s Ṣukūk reissuance marks the IILM’s third Ṣukūk auction for 2022. The auction garnered significant interest among Islamic Primary Dealers and investors across the GCC markets as well as Asia.
The competitive tender witnessed a strong orderbook in excess of USD1.68 billion, representing an average bid-to-cover ratio of 140%.
Further to today’s reissuance, the IILM has achieved year-to-date cumulative issuances totaling USD 3.41 billion through nine Ṣukūk series. The IILM will continue to reissue its short-term liquidity instruments monthly as scheduled in its issuance calendar.
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 short-term Ṣukūk programme is rated “A-1” by S&P
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About IILM
The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) is an international organisation established on 25 October 2010 by central banks, monetary authorities and multilateral organisations to develop and issue short-term Shari’ah-compliant financial instruments to facilitate effective cross-border liquidity management for institutions that offer Islamic financial services (IIFS).
The current members of the IILM Governing Board are the central banks and monetary agencies of Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Qatar, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, as well as the multilateral Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector.
Membership of the IILM is open to central banks, monetary authorities, financial regulatory authorities or government ministries or agencies that have regulatory oversight of finance or trade and commerce, and multilateral organisations.
The IILM is hosted by Malaysia and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur.
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