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Emirates Islamic Bank offers Emirates Sukuk Fund

  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, February 08 - 2009 at 15:07
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Emirates Islamic Bank one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the region, now offers Emirates Sukuk Fund No.1 Limited, a callable, 4 year closed-ended Shari'a compliant Fund which will hold a portfolio of Sukuks issued by companies, predominantly in the Middle East and North Africa.

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  • Mr. Faisal Aqil, General Manager Retail Banking at EIB.
    Mr. Faisal Aqil, General Manager Retail Banking at EIB.
Managed by Emirates Investment Services Limited, the newly launched Fund opens the Islamic bond asset class to a wide range of investors, with a minimum investment of $25,000 for individual investors and $1,000,000 for institutional investors. The fund Initial fee is up to 3.00% and the annual fee is 1.10% p.a (Institutional Share Class) ,1.35% p.a (Sophisticated Share Class).

"The Fund has been designed to meet the current demand for Shari'a compliant term investment products with a high profit rate and relatively low minimum investment requirements. The primary investment objective of the Emirates Sukuk Fund is to achieve a maximum total return over its tenure. The Fund aims to offer attractive risk adjusted returns due to temporary anomalies in the Sukuk market. Offering it at this period of time is mainly to provide our priority banking customers a promising opportunity of investment through a well thought out product."


commented Mr. Faisal Aqil, General Manager of Retail Banking at Emirates Islamic Bank.

In addition to seeking a promising total return, the Fund will distribute income on a semi-annual basis throughout the life of the Fund beginning in mid-2009. The distributions will be derived from income generated by the underlying Sukuks, maturity proceeds and any Sukuk sold that are not sought to be reinvested by the portfolio manager.
The Fund will be open for subscription until 26th February 2009 and will be due to mature in 2013, but may be called prior to maturity.
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About Emirates Islamic Bank:
Emirates Islamic Bank opened its doors in October 2004 with a mission to provide consumers in the UAE with effective and innovative Shari'a-compliant financial solutions.

The Bank offers a range of Shari'a compliant products and services conforming to the highest standards of Islamic finance and all its activities are overseen by a Shari'a board comprising several prestigious scholars of Islamic law.

On the retail side, the bank has an array of products, such as a full range of credit cards including Visa Infinite Card; Manzili Home Finance, Intaleq Car Finance, and many other products. The bank has also launched Al Reem Ladies Banking, a specialized banking service designed to cater to the banking and financial needs of women in the region.

The bank also offers Ethmar Priority banking to suit the demands of the high-net-worth clients.
Emirates Islamic Bank is very active on the Corporate Banking level, seeking exceptional investment opportunities in the local as well as the regional market. Within almost three years of its inception Emirates Islamic Bank has managed to position itself as one of leading financial players in the UAE's banking sector. The bank's rapid growth and success is mainly due to its continued successful launch of Shari'a compliant products, services and other key business initiatives.

EIB is headquartered in Dubai, employs more than 800 staff and has currently 28 branches across the UAE.

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