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Russia’s Ak Bars Bank closes debut Murabaha financing

23 September 2011

Russia’s Ak Bars Bank has successfully closed its debut Islamic financing trade facility arranged by commercial and multilateral institutions.

Read more: Ak Bars Bank Russia syndicated murabaha financing sharia'ah Citi Islamic Development of the Private Sector Islamic Development Bank

Russia’s Kazan-headquartered Ak Bars Bank has successfully closed a one-year syndicated Murabaha financing for the total amount of $60 million.

The Murabaha facility is the first international facility compliant with Shari’ah requirements arranged for a Russian financial institution and is in line with the Islamic finance initiative announced by Tatarstan Republic earlier this year.

The financing was arranged by Citi together with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), acting as exclusive joint coordinating mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners. ICD is a multilateral organisation, affiliated...


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