Aldar Investment Properties might be lining up a green sukuk issuance
Abu Dhabi’s Aldar Investment Properties — a unit of Aldar Properties — plans to issue its inaugural green USD-denominated Islamic bonds, Reuters reports, citing a document it has seen. The company asked banks to arrange a global investor call, followed by one-on-one small group fixed income investor calls. The document showed that a USD-denominated benchmark Reg S 10-year inaugural green senior unsecured sukuk issuance would then follow, subject to market conditions.
Advisors: HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank are acting as joint global coordinators, while Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD Capital, First Abu Dhabi Bank, and Mashreq are acting as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners.
REMEMBER- Interest in green bonds and green sukuk has been on the rise in the region in recent months ahead of COP28 in the UAE. Last month, the UAE’s state-owned Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) raised an aggregate USD 1.5 bn in a dual-tranche green bond issuance that was almost 10x oversubscribed at a final order under the company’s new Green Finance Framework.