The Thomson Reuters Global Sukuk Index is at 118.26569 points, down from 118.50812 at the end of April but up from 115.79726 at the end of last year. The Thomson Reuters Investment Grade Sukuk Index is at 117.25281 against 117.54139 at end-April and 113.69014 at end-2014.

SABB - Saudi British Bank plans to sell a riyal-denominated sukuk that will boost its capital reserves, sources aware of the matter told Reuters in early May, with an announcement set to be made as soon as within days.

NAJRAN CEMENT - Saudi Arabia's Najran Cement plans to meet fixed income investors starting on May 10 for a riyal-denominated sukuk issue, it said.

BAHRI - National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) plans to make a debut sukuk issue worth up to 3.9 billion riyals ($1.04 billion) this quarter, vice chief executive for finance Mohammad Alotaibi told Reuters in early May.

INDONESIA - Indonesia's government mandated CIMB , Dubai Islamic Bank, HSBC and JP Morgan in early May as joint lead managers for a potential offer of 144A/Reg S sukuk, expected to be denominated in U.S. dollars.

JAMBATAN KEDUA - Refinancings of transportation projects in Malaysia's sukuk market are expected to roll out as early as in May with Jambatan Kedua, concessionaire for a Penang bridge, planning to issue sukuk worth 1-1.8 billion rinngit ($278.2-500.9 million), bankers said.

EGYPT - Egyptian Finance Minister Hany Kadry Dimian said at the end of April that he hoped to issue ijara-structured sukuk, the country's first sovereign sukuk issue, at the beginning of the 2015/2016 fiscal year starting in July.

KUVEYT TURK - Kuveyt Turk, Kuwait Finance House's Turkish unit, said in late April it had applied to the Capital Markets Board for permission to issue up to 1 billion lira ($376 million) of sukuk.

IVORY COAST - Ivory Coast will sell its debut sukuk in the next two to three months, and is assessing whether to make sukuk issues a regular part of fund raising, its minister for economy and finance said in late April.

CIMB - CIMB Group Holdings, Malaysia's second largest bank by assets, plans to establish a new 6 billion ringgit conventional and Islamic bond programme, a regulatory filing by RAM Ratings said in late April. A CIMB official confirmed the details.

TELEKOM MALAYSIA - Telekom Malaysia set up in late April a $750 million, multi-currency sukuk programme that may see the state-owned company return to global markets after a long absence.

KHAZANAH NASIONAL - Malaysia's Khazanah Nasional plans the first tranche of a 1 billion ringgit sukuk issue, billed as the country's first socially responsible sukuk, as early as May, the sovereign wealth fund's managing director said in late April.

KUALA LUMPUR KEPONG - Malaysian plantation company Kuala Lumpur Kepong will raise up to 1.6 billion ringgit from Islamic bonds, rating agency RAM Ratings said in mid-April.

MALAYSIA BUILDING SOCIETY - Malaysia Building Society plans its third issue of covered sukuk worth 900 million ringgit, according to a regulatory filing by RAM Ratings in mid-April.

BNI SYARIAH - PT Bank BNI Syariah, the Islamic subsidiary of state lender PT Bank Negara Indonesia, plans to issue sukuk mudaraba with a three-year tenor worth up to 750 billion rupiah ($58.3 million) in an offer on May 18 and 19, the Jakarta Post quoted CEO Dinno Indiano as saying in mid-April.

JORDAN - Jordan chose the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector to support its debut sovereign issue of sukuk, the ICD said in mid-April; the dinar-denominated issue is expected this year and would be used to absorb excess liquidity held by Jordan's Islamic banks, which is estimated to total 1.4 billion dinars ($2 billion).

AXIS REIT - Malaysia's Axis REIT said in early April that it had expanded its sukuk programme to 3.0 billion ringgit from 300 million ringgit, and extended the length to perpetual from 15 years.

TALIWORKS - Malaysia's Taliworks Corp announced in early April that the Securities Commission had authorised its proposed issuance of 210 million ringgit worth of sukuk murabaha, Bernama news agency reported.

KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakhstan's Finance Ministry is expected soon to propose a draft law allowing its first sovereign sukuk issue, which will probably take place early next year, Yerlan Baidaulet, an adviser to the Investments and Development Ministry, told Reuters in early April.

SENEGAL - Senegalese President Macky Sall said in early April that he had asked the Islamic Development Bank to help his country conduct a second sovereign sukuk issue. He gave no details.

GARUDA - Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia plans to issue $500 million worth of sukuk in May to refinance $350 million in loans maturing in June, the Investor Daily reported in late March, quoting Garuda's finance director I Gusti Ngurah Askhara Danadiputra.

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TURKIYE FINANS - Turkey's Capital Markets Board approved the issuance of 2.05 billion ringgit of sukuk by Turkiye Finans Katilim Bankasi, the regulator said in mid-March.

ZORLU ENERGY - Turkish firm Zorlu Energy has obtained approval from Turkey's regulator to raise 100 million lira via sukuk, the regulator said in mid-March.

INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AZERBAIJAN - International Bank of Azerbaijan, the country's largest and the only state-owned bank, plans to issue $200-300 million of debut sukuk this year, a senior manager said in early January. Sources said in mid-March that the lender had manadated banks for the deal.

BANK MUSCAT - Shareholders of Oman's Bank Muscat approved in mid-March plans for a 500 million rial ($1.30 billion) sukuk programme that would be issued in various tranches, in domestic and international markets through public subscription or private placement, the bank said in mid-March.

NIGERIA - Nigeria is exploring with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sectorthe idea of issuing sovereign sukuk, the ICD 's head told Reuters in mid-March.

MASRAF AL RAYAN - Masraf Al Rayan, Qatar's second-largest bank by market value, is eyeing a debut in the debt capital markets this year after inviting bankers to pitch for arranger roles on a potential U.S. dollar-denominated benchmark sukuk issue, sources said in mid-March.

LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg intends to issue more sovereign sukuk in 2016 after conducting its first such issue last year, Luxembourg finance minister Pierre Gramegna was quoted as saying by the Gulf Times in March.

OMAN - Oman plans to make its first sovereign issue of Islamic bonds, a 200 million rial domestic issue, by mid-2015, the head of its central bank told Reters in early March.

NIGER - Niger's government will establish a sukuk programme worth 150 billion CFA francs ($260 million), permitting its first issue of sukuk, with assistance from the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank , the Jeddah-based body said in late February.

GULF FINANCE HOUSE - Gulf Finance House plans to make a $230 million convertible sukuk issue this year to help it fund acquisitions of two to three regional firms, its chairman told Reuters in late February.

QATAR ISLAMIC BANK - Qatar Islamic Bank said in late February that its shareholders had approved the issuance of up to 5 billion riyals ($1.37 billion) of Tier 1 capital-boosting sukuk.

JORDAN ISLAMIC BANK - Jordan Islamic Bank, the largest Islamic bank in the country and a unit of Bahrain's Al Baraka Banking Group, plans a 10-year local currency sukuk issue by year-end, the parent's chief executive Adnan Ahmed Yousif told Reuters in mid-February.

SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa is not planning to issue U.S. dollar-denominated sukuk in 2015 but may print them in 2016, a funding official said. The government is also looking at issuing domestic sukuk in rand.

ABU DHABI ISLAMIC BANK - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank plans to issue capital-boosting Islamic bonds in Malaysia, its first foray in the southeast Asian Islamic debt capital market, credit rating agency RAM Ratings said in early February.

QATAR INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC BANK - Qatar International Islamic Bank is seeking shareholder approval to raise up to 3 billion riyals ($825 million) through a capital-boosting sukuk issue, the bank said in early February.

SGI-MITABU - SGI-Mitabu, a consortium of two Brisbane-based solar energy companies, will issue offshore-domiciled sukuk in July, The Malaysian Insider quoted a senior executive as saying in early February. If it goes ahead, the deal will be Australia's first issuance of sukuk.

K-ELECTRIC - Karachi-based utility K-Electric will test a seven-year tenor for its latest sukuk, a 22 billion rupee ($217 million) issue that would be Pakistan's largest corporate sukuk to date, the company said in early February.

PUTRAJAYA HOLDINGS - Malaysia's Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd has proposed issuing 370 million ringgit of 15-year sukuk musharaka, Malaysian Rating Corp said in mid-January.

BANK ISLAMI - Bank Islami Pakistan, the country's second largest full-fledged Islamic bank, plans to raise 3.5 billion rupees via subordinated sukuk, a bank official said. Issuance of the first 500 million rupee tranche, which still requires regulatory approval, could be as early as this quarter.

MOBILINK - Pakistan Mobile Communications (Mobilink), the country's largest telecommunications operator, plans to raise 6.9 billion rupees via sukuk this quarter, Pakistan Credit Rating Agency said.

INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AZERBAIJAN - International Bank of Azerbaijan, the country's largest and the only state-owned bank, plans to issue $200-300 million of debut sukuk this year, a senior manager said in early January.

TUNISIA - Tunisia will delay its planned debut issue of $500 million in Islamic bonds until the third quarter of the year to allow parliament time to amend a law concerning the sale, Finance Minister Hakim Ben Hamouda said in early January.

NINGXIA - China's AVIC Capital Co said in late December that its unit AVIC Securities had signed an agreement to advise the government of the country's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on the global issue of up to $1.5 billion worth of instruments such as sukuk and U.S. dollar bonds, with maturities up to five years.

INDONESIA - The government plans to issue 7.14 trillion rupiah of project-based sukuk in 2015 to finance three infrastructure programmes and develop the sukuk market, the Jakarta Post quoted Suminto, director of Islamic bonds at the debt management office, as saying in mid-December.

TIRSAN TREYLER - Turkiye Finans received regulatory approval for a 71 million lira sukuk issue by trailer manufacturer Tirsan Treyler Sanayi ve Ticaret, the Capital Markets Board said in mid-December.

UNITAPAH - Malaysia's UniTapah plans to issue up sukuk murabaha of up to 600 million ringgit to refinance a term loan funding construction of the new campus for Universiti Teknologi MARA in Perak, RAM Ratings said in early December.

KENYA - Kenya will issue its debut sukuk in the next financial year to June 2016, not this one as some had expected, its finance minister said at the start of December.

CAGAMAS - Malaysia's state-backed mortgage lender Cagamas will raise up to $2.5 billion with a multi-currency Islamic bond programme, credit agency RAM Ratings said at the start of December.

POINT ZONE - Malaysia's Point Zone (M) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of KPJ Healthcare, received in early November authorisation from the Securities Commission to establish a sukuk programme of up to 1.5 billion ringgit.

MALAYSIA BUILDING SOCIETY - Malaysia Building Society Berhad is planning a second issuance of its structured covered sukuk commodity murabaha programme, aiming to raise up to 700 million ringgit, bankers said in mid-November.

FLEETCORP - Turkey's Fleetcorp, wholly owned by Kuwait's The International Investor, has received regulatory approval to raise up to 150 million lira via sukuk, the Capital Markets Board said in early November.

TEMASEK EKSLUSIF - Temasek Ekslusif, a wholly owned unit of Malaysian property developer Gamuda Bhd, will raise up to 1 billion ringgit with Islamic bonds, ratings agency RAM Ratings said late in October.

ETISALAT - Abu Dhabi-based telecommunications firm Etisalat is planning its first sukuk issue, bankers told IFR in early October. The company will have the documents ready in coming weeks, but the deal is more likely to be launched in early 2015, they said.

BINTULU PORT - Malaysia's Bintulu Port Holdings is expected to prepare for its planned Samalaju Port project with a proposed sukuk issue, likely to be 700-800 million ringgit, The Edge daily reported in early October.

MALAYSIA MARINE - Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering said in late September it had received approval from the Securities Commission to establish a sukuk murabaha programme of up to 1 billion ringgit.

MAHCO MALAYSIA - Mahco Malaysia, a vehicle to issue sukuk for Mohammed Othman Al Houkail Trading & Contracting Co, a medium-sized contractor in Saudi Arabia, proposed an Islamic medium-term note programme of up to 300 million ringgit, RAM Ratings said in late September.

CENDANA SEJATI - Malaysia's Cendana Sejati, a unit of local bank Masraf Al Barakah, proposed a 360 million ringgit senior sukuk murabaha medium-term note programme, RAM Ratings said in late September.

AGAOGLU - Turkish construction-to-energy Agaoglu Group plans to raise around $300 million by issuing sukuk, Niyazi Albay, Agaoglu's chief investment officer, told Reuters in mid-September. No specific time frame was given.

AKTIF BANK - Aktif Bank, Turkey's largest privately owned investment bank, has received regulatory approval to issue 200 million lira in sukuk, the Capital Markets Board said in September 2014.

DOGUS GROUP - Turkish conglomerate Dogus Group has received regulatory approval to raise $370 million by issuing the country's first U.S. dollar-denominated corporate sukuk, the Capital Markets Board said in late August 2014. No time frame was given.

SUNWAY - Malaysian property developer Sunway will raise up to 2 billion ringgit by issuing sukuk mudaraba, it said in August 2014; short-term commercial paper under the programme will have maturities of between a month and a year, while medium-term notes will have maturities of one to seven years. Sunway will make its first issuance within two years.

SOCIETE GENERALE - Societe Generale completed the roadshow for the first issue in its 1 billion ringgit multi-currency sukuk programme in Malaysia, and would decide on the size in days, the bank said on June 18, 2014. In early July, banking sources said Societe Generale was still seeking a window to launch.