New Sukuk Listings In Dubai In 2015 Reach 12.75 Billion US Dollars - International Finance Corporation (IFC) Rings Bell To Celebrate Listing Of 100 Million Dollar Sukuk On Nasdaq Dubai

Bahar Alsharif, Deputy Treasurer of International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, today rang the market-opening bell to celebrate the listing of a 100 million US dollar Sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai. More than a third of this total, amounting to 12.75 billion US dollars, has listed on Nasdaq Dubai in 2015. The Sukuk is the second to be listed by IFC on Nasdaq Dubai, following a 100 million US dollar Sukuk that listed in 2009. Through its latest Sukuk, IFC will support developmental financing activities in the Middle East and North Africa and other parts of the world.