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Pricing Mechanism and Yield Curve for Sukuk Issuances in Saudi Arabia آلية التسعير ومنحنى العائد لإصدارات الصكوك في المملكة العربية السعودية

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  • Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Alnagar

    (IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking & Finance (IIiBF) International Islamic University Malaysia)

  • Anwar Hasan Abdullah Othman

    (IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking & Finance (IIiBF) International Islamic University Malaysia)

  • Azman Mohd. Noor

    (IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking & Finance (IIiBF) International Islamic University Malaysia)

  • Habeebullah Zakariyah

    (IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking & Finance (IIiBF) International Islamic University Malaysia)

Abstract

The study aims to examine the existence of a completed yield curve for the issued sukuk in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which may then be considered as a benchmark for pricing new sukuk issuances. The existence of this curve is one of the main factors and conditions for the success of the targeted development process of the sukuk market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the light of vision 2030. This requires first to identify the mechanism used for pricing sukuk, as a new and emerging financial asset, globally as well as in Saudi Arabia, and how it differs from the bond pricing mechanism, and then to look into the possibility of relying on the same literature on how to build the yield curve for bonds to build the yield curve for sukuk in the Kingdom .The study used the analytical descriptive approach as it is the most appropriate for the subject matter. The study found that there are no differences between the mechanism used for sukuk pricing and the mechanism used for bonds pricing, due to its reliance on benchmarked interest rate indices. Also, there is no difference in the reliance on the LIBOR index for pricing internationally issued sukuk between the Kingdom and other countries, and the SIBOR index for pricing the locally issued sukuk. The study has also built a yield curve for Saudi sovereign sukuk due to the diversity of their maturity tenures, as well as the continuity and the sequence of sukuk issuances on a monthly basis. The study has concluded that there is a normally distributed yield curve which is a complete curve for tenures between two and 15 years. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى التحقق من وجود منحنى عائد مكتمل للصكوك المصدرة بالمملكة، وبما يمكن اعتباره مؤشرًا مرجعيًا لتسعير الإصدارات الجديدة. لكون وجود هذا المنحنى هو أحد شروط وعوامل نجاح عملية التطوير المستهدفة لسوق الصكوك بالمملكة العربية السعودية ضمن رؤية 2030م. الأمر الذي يستدعي ابتداءً الوقوف على الآلية المتبعة لتسعير الصكوك – باعتبارها أصلًا ماليًا جديدًا - عالميًا وفي المملكة العربية السعودية، ومدى اختلافها عن آلية تسعير السندات، ومن ثم بيان إمكانية الاعتماد على الأدبيات نفسها الخاصة بكيفية بناء منحنى العائد على السندات لبناء منحنى العائد على الصكوك بالمملكة. استخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي لملاءمته للموضوع. توصلت الدراسة إلى عدم وجود اختلاف بين آلية تسعير الصكوك والسندات التقليدية لاعتمادها على مؤشرات أسعار الفائدة المرجعية، كما أنه لا يوجد اختلاف في الاعتماد على مؤشر الليبور (LIBOR) لتسعير الصكوك المصدرة دوليًا بين المملكة وغيرها من الدول، ومؤشر السايبور (SIBOR) لتسعير الصكوك المصدرة محليًا. كما توصلت الدراسة إلى بناء منحنى العائد للصكوك الحكومية السعودية، بسبب تميزه بتنوع آجال الاستحقاق، وتتابع واستمرارية الإصدارات بشكل شهري. وخلصت الدراسة إلى وجود منحنى عائد يأخذ شكلًا طبيعيًا، وهو منحنى مكتمل للآجال بين عامين و15 عامًا.

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  • Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Alnagar & Anwar Hasan Abdullah Othman & Azman Mohd. Noor & Habeebullah Zakariyah, 2021. "Pricing Mechanism and Yield Curve for Sukuk Issuances in Saudi Arabia آلية التسعير ومنحنى العائد لإصدارات الصكوك في المملكة العربية السعودية," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 34(3), pages 3-28, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:34:y:2021:i:3:no:1:p:3-28
    DOI: 10.4197/Islec.34-3.1
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    Keywords

    Sukuk; Sukuk pricing; yield curve; LIBOR; SAIBOR; Saudi Arabia. الصكوك، تسعير الصكوك، منحنى العائد، الليبور، السايبور، المملكة العربية السعودية.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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