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Tamweel to issue USD 300 million in internationally rated Sukuks

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, May 01 - 2006 at 13:50
  • PRESS RELEASE

Tamweel - Dubai's leading provider of innovative Islamic home finance products and services announced yesterday that it would issue internationally rated asset backed securities worth USD 300 million in the 3rd quarter of 2006.

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  • Adel Al Shirawi, CEO, Tamweel and Mohamad Sotoudeh, CEO, ENSEC.
    Adel Al Shirawi, CEO, Tamweel and Mohamad Sotoudeh, CEO, ENSEC.
This transaction would make Tamweel one of the pioneers in the region to embark on an internationally rated securitization with the objective of promoting the secondary mortgage system in the country. Further, the transaction will be completely Sharia'a compliant.

Speaking on the securitization, Adel Al Shirawi, CEO, Tamweel said,

"Tamweel has always been at the forefront of innovative and Sharia'a compliant home finance services, we are looking at different and more optimal methods to build capital and generate value for our shareholders. The main objectives of issuing these Sukuks are to smoothen tenor mismatch as well as optimize leverage from our balance sheet. We look forward to great demand for these Sukuks from the investors. We have decided to retain ENSEC (Emirates National Securitization Corporation) to advise and execute the transaction since they are well positioned for this. We have also engaged many third party international firms to help us structure the transaction on a world class level."


He further added, "Keeping in line with our principles, these dollar based notes will comply with Sharia laws. We would especially like to thank the ENSEC team for their valuable inputs and insights on this transaction"

Mohamad Sotoudeh, CEO, ENSEC said, "A rated transaction like Tamweel's will introduce Dubai's real estate market to the global fixed income investment markets. This will help Dubai based entities to diversify their funding sources and significantly reduce their funding costs."
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About Tamweel
Tamweel, recently started converting to a Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) with an overwhelming over subscription of 485 times. Tamweel now has a subscribed capital of AED 1 billion and has over 235 partners in the real estate and financial services market. Tamweel is focused to be the leader in home financing regionally, with currently offices in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.

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