PRESS RELEASE

 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 08 November 2022.

The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM), an international organisation that develops and issues short-term Shari’ah-compliant financial instruments, has successfully reissued a total of USD 1.12 billion short-term Ṣukūk across three different tenors of one, three and six-month respectively.

The three series were priced competitively at:           

    i)     4.02% for USD 450 million for 1-month tenor;

    ii)    4.78% for USD 370 million for 3-month tenor; and

   iii)    5.10% for USD 300 million for 6-month tenor.

Today’s Ṣukūk reissuance is the IILM’s twelfth Ṣukūk auction for 2022. The auction garnered significant interest among Islamic Primary Dealers and investors across the GCC markets as well as Asia, with a strong demand especially on the one- and six-month tenors.

The competitive tender witnessed a strong total orderbook in excess of USD 1.71 billion, representing an average bid-to-cover ratio of 153%.

Further to today’s reissuance, the IILM has achieved year-to-date cumulative issuances totaling USD 12.67 billion through 34 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 and “F1” by Fitch Ratings.

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