CBB Sukuk Al-Ijara Oversubscribed
Published on 5 February 2019
Manama, Bahrain – 5th February 2019 – The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the short-term Islamic leasing bonds, Sukuk Al-Ijara, has been oversubscribed by 119%.
Subscriptions worth BD 31 million were received for the BD 26 million issue, which carries a maturity of 182 days.
The expected return on the issue, which begins on 7th February 2019 and matures on 8th August 2019, is 4.39% compared to 4.40% for the previous issue on 10th January 2019.
The Sukuk Al-Ijara are issued by the CBB on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
This is issue No.162 (BH0001987682) of the short-term Sukuk Al-Ijara series.