We are very pleased to kickstart the year on a solid footing, with today’s transaction’s coverage ratio and its competitive yield reflecting a strong appetite from both Primary Dealers and investors for high quality Shari’ah-compliant liquidity instruments

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 17 January 2022.

The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed its first auction of the year with the reissuance of an aggregate USD 1 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) 0.22% for USD 350 million for 1-month tenor;
ii) 0.33% for USD 450 million for 3-month tenor; and
iii) 0.50% for USD 200 million for 6-month tenor.

The issuance forms part of the IILM’s “A-1” rated USD3.51 billion short-term issuance programme. The auction garnered favourable demand from both Primary Dealers and investors with a combined orderbook of USD 1.54 billion, representing an average oversubscription ratio of 1.54 times.

Dr. Umar Oseni, Chief Executive Officer of the IILM, said: “We are very pleased to kickstart the year on a solid footing, with today’s transaction’s coverage ratio and its competitive yield reflecting a strong appetite from both Primary Dealers and investors for high quality Shari’ah-compliant liquidity instruments. As demand for the IILM’s Islamic papers continue to grow, the IILM will strive to meet the needs of investors with plans to issue in excess of USD 1 billion short-term Ṣukūk every month, throughout the year.”

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 IILM’s short-term Ṣukūk programme is rated “A-1” by S&P.