Tunisia will issue $1.75bn of dollar-denominated bonds and Islamic sukuks in 2015 as it seeks funds to revive economic growth, the central bank governor said yesterday.

With its political transition to democracy complete after elections last year, Tunisia’s new government will turn its focus to economic reforms four years after an uprising that toppled autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

“We will issue $750m in bonds at the end of January in addition to sukuks, which will reach $1bn in the third quarter of the year,” Central Bank Governor Chadli Ayari said on the...

Following are major Islamic bond issues in the global pipeline.

The Thomson Reuters Global Sukuk Index is at 116.23797 points, up from 115.79726 at the end of last month. The Thomson Reuters Investment Grade Sukuk Index is at 114.27454 points against 113.69014 at end-December.

DUBAI ISLAMIC BANK - Dubai Islamic Bank said it had picked eight banks to arrange roadshows between Jan. 8 and 12 in Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and London for a benchmark-size U.S. dollar sukuk issue to boost its Tier"......