Best sukuk deal – Asia: Khazanah Nasional’s $750 million sukuk

Issuer: Khazanah Global Sukuk

Issuer: Khazanah Global Sukuk

Obligor: Khazanah Nasional

Size: $750 million

Structure: Sukuk wakalah

Tenor: Five years

Banks: BofA Securities, CIMB, DBS Bank, JPMorgan, Maybank, MUFG and OCBC Bank (joint lead managers and joint bookrunners)

Date: May 2023

As far as debuts in the international sukuk and bond markets go, the $750 million five-year sukuk from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund in May last year couldn’t have gone much better.

The transaction, part of a $1.5 billion financing that included a $750 million 10-year bond, was a blowout success, with $11 billion-worth of investor orders being placed for the dual-tranche deal that was the fund’s first international issue in two years and the first to be rated.

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