• Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Finance issues $101m worth of sukuk

Thursday, November 12, 2009
THE Ministry of Finance is pleased to announce the successful pricing of its 37th, 38th and 39th issuances of short-term Sukuk Al-Ijarah securities.

The accumulated total of these sukuk issuances was $101 million $38 million for Series 37, $33 million for Series 38 and $30 million for Series 39.

Series 37 carries a maturity of 91 days with a rental rate of 0.35 per cent. It began on September 17, 2009 and will mature on December 17, 2009.

Series 38 also has a maturity of 91 days, which began on October 8, 2009 and will mature on January 7, 2010 with a rental rate of 0.36 per cent. Series 39 has a maturity of 91 days, which began on October 22, 2009 and will mature on January 21, 2010 with a rental rate of 0.38 per cent.

With this issuance, the Brunei Government has thus far issued over $1.9 billion worth of short-term Sukuk Al-Ijarah securities since the maiden offering on April 6, 2006. The Brunei Times