{"id":67173,"date":"2025-11-20T15:56:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=67173"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:56:57","slug":"nasdaq-dubai-welcomes-usd-500mln-sukuk-listing-by-the-islamic-corporation-for-the-development-of-the-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/nasdaq-dubai-welcomes-usd-500mln-sukuk-listing-by-the-islamic-corporation-for-the-development-of-the-private-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasdaq Dubai Welcomes USD 500mln Sukuk Listing By The Islamic Corporation For The Development Of The Private Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nasdaq <a href=\"https:\/\/dubaiverse.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dubai<\/a> has welcomed the listing of USD 500 million Trust Certificates (Sukuk) issued by ICDPS Sukuk Limited, guaranteed by The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), a multilateral financial institution and member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group.<\/p>\n<p>Rated A2 (Stable) by Moody\u2019s, A (Stable) by S&amp;P, and A+ (Stable) by Fitch, ICD priced the benchmark five-year Reg S senior unsecured Sukuk at 65 basis points over U.S. Treasuries, with a profit rate of 4.391%, paid semi-annually. The transaction attracted strong investor demand, with order books exceeding USD 2 billion (excluding joint lead manager interest), underscoring the market\u2019s deep confidence in ICD\u2019s financial strength and development mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The Sukuk, maturing in 2030, was issued under the ICDPS Sukuk Limited Trust Certificate Issuance Programme. Al Rayan Investment, Bank ABC, Dubai Islamic Bank, GIB Capital, HSBC Bank plc, KFH Capital, JP Morgan, Sharjah Islamic Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and Warba Bank were Joint Lead Managers and Bookrunners.<\/p>\n<p>With this latest addition, the total value of ICD&#8217;s outstanding Sukuk listings on Nasdaq Dubai now stands at USD 1 billion. It marks ICD\u2019s fourth Sukuk listing on Nasdaq Dubai, following a USD 300 million issuance in 2016, USD 600 million issuance in 2020 and a USD 500 million issuance in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Khalid Khalafalla, Acting CEO of ICD, stated:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;We are pleased to return to Nasdaq Dubai for our fourth Sukuk listing. This successful USD 500 million Sukuk issuance, which was significantly oversubscribed, is a powerful testament to the market&#8217;s strong confidence in ICD&#8217;s creditworthiness and development mission. The proceeds will be instrumental in accelerating private sector growth across our member countries, in line with our commitment to expanding Shariah-compliant financial solutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hamed Ali<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>CEO of Nasdaq Dubai and Dubai Financial Market (DFM)<\/strong>, said: \u201cWe are pleased to welcome the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector\u2019s latest USD 500 million Sukuk listing on Nasdaq Dubai. \u00a0This new transaction builds on our longstanding relationship with ICD and underscores Dubai\u2019s ongoing efforts to expand its Islamic capital markets. The strong investor demand highlights Dubai\u2019s role as a preferred destination for high-quality Sukuk offerings that enable access to a broad and diverse investor base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nasdaq Dubai continues to strengthen its position as one of the world\u2019s leading Sukuk listing venues, with a total value of\u00a0<strong>USD 102 billion<\/strong>\u00a0in listed Sukuk. The exchange provides a robust platform for regional and international issuers to raise capital and support economic growth through Shariah-compliant financing instruments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasdaq Dubai has welcomed the listing of USD 500 million Trust Certificates (Sukuk) issued by ICDPS Sukuk Limited, guaranteed by The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), a multilateral financial institution and member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group. Rated A2 (Stable) by Moody\u2019s, A (Stable) by S&amp;P, and A+ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67175,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67173\/revisions\/67175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}