SUKUK PIPELINE - Issue plans around the world

The Thomson Reuters Global Sukuk Index is at 115.64836 points, up from 115.41158 at the end of last month and 109.78969 at the end of last year. The Thomson Reuters Investment Grade Sukuk Index is at 113.89345 points, against 113.67021 at end-October and 107.28036 at the end of 2013. The Indonesian government plans to issue global sukuk in the first quarter of next year, but no details have been provided on the deal. Besides, Pakistan plans to issue a U.S. dollar-denominated Islamic bond worth at least $500 million in November. Oman's government will make its first issue of rial-denominated sukuk for the domestic market as soon as in the first quarter of 2015; the issue may be worth the equivalent of around $300 million or $400 million, with maturities of five or seven years.