IslamicFinance.de

PT Bank Muamalat Indonesia, the second-largest sharia lender in the country, secured a loan commitment of $90 million from a commercial bank in Malaysia and an international financial institution based in Washington, reported Bisnis Indonesia. The loan has a tenure of 5-7 years and will be used for new financing in 2014 that is expected to reach 41.7 trillion rupiah ($3.43 billion), said Finance Director Hendiarto.

Responsibilities:
· Formulate strategies and identify prospective customers according to the target market
· Solisitasi process and collection of funds
· Implement training and monitoring of financial activities depositors
· Fostering and maintaining good relationships with customers on the basis of mutual respect, especially a good and profitable customers

The list following borrowers are anticipated to sell Islamic bonds: Indonesia, ABU DHABI NATIONAL ENERGY CO, QATAR INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC BANK (QIIK), TENAGA NASIONAL BHD. (TNB), MIDCITI RESOURCES SDN BHD., AL HILAL BANK, EMERY OLEOCHEMICALS GROUP, PT BANK MUAMALAT INDONESIA, INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT CORP., ACWA POWER INTERNATIONAL, ISLAMIC BANK OF THAILAND, PT BANK SYARIAH BRI, Russia, Senegal, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT CO., KUVEYT TURK KATILIM BANKASI AS and many others.

PT Bank Muamalat Indonesia has pointed to a launch of a $50m Sukuk towards the end of the year.
The bank will also raise funds by selling IDR800bn ($93.8m) of subordinated debt next year to raise its capital.

PT Bank Syariah Mandiri is adding branches in Java and Sumatra to offer so-called microfinance loans because more than 90 percent of Indonesia’s 50 million small businessmen have no access to regular bank financing.
PT Bank Muamalat Indonesia increased cooperatives set up to offer such loans by 500 to 2,500 last year. PT Bank Syariah BRI aims to triple its business next year.

The following borrowers are expected to sell Islamic bonds, which use asset returns to pay investors to comply with the religion’s ban on interest.
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO.: Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest state-owned oil company, and Total SA plan to sell Islamic bonds valued at $1 billion this year to fund construction of their joint oil refinery in Jubail, said Simon Eedle, global head of Islamic banking at Credit Agricole SA, the lead arranger of the sale.
ABU DHABI ISLAMIC BANK PJSC: The United Arab Emirates’ second-biggest Shariah-compliant lender hired HSBC Holdings Plc, Standard Chartered Plc and Barclays Plc to help sell bonds, according to two bankers familiar with the plan. The bank has a $5 billion sukuk trust certificate program, according to a prospectus dated July 8 posted by the company on the London Stock Exchange’s website.
PT BANK MUAMALAT INDONESIA: The Islamic lender plans to sell 1 trillion rupiah ($112 million) of Islamic bonds in the second half of 2011, Andi Buchari, director of compliance and corporate planning at the Jakarta-based bank, was quoted as saying by the Investor Daily newspaper last week.