Philippines seeks to tap Mideast in first sukuk issuance
The Philippine government is planning to issue Islamic bonds, or sukuks, for the first time in the predominantly catholic country in order to finance a number of infrastructure programmes and generally raise awareness for Islamic finance, according to National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon. For this “completely new asset class”, the…
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