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Oil slides with rising Libyan crude output adding to demand woes

Bloomberg Oil falls to the lowest in three weeks as the threat of increased Libyan crude output added to concerns that a resurgence of the coronavirus will weaken the global economy. Futures in New York fell as much as 3.7% to below $39 a barrel on Monday. Libya’s daily output has risen to 690,000 barrels from less than 100,000 in ...

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Investcorp US real estate portfolio grows by $2bn

Manama / WAM Investcorp, a Bahrain-based asset manager which counts Mubadala Investment Company as its biggest shareholder, on Monday announced that it has acquired 32 industrial properties totaling approximately 3.5 million square feet across four major US markets for a total capitalisation of over $280 million. According to the company’s press release, the properties grow Investcorp’s wider US industrial real ...

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CBD issues $600 million Tier 1 perpetual non-call 6-year bond

Dubai / WAM Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) announced the issuance of a $600 million Additional Tier 1 (AT1) perpetual non-call 6-year bond, at a coupon of 6%, the lowest coupon from a Dubai bank issuer to date on a Basel III compliant AT1 bond. The transaction is the bank’s inaugural AT1 issuance, returning the bank to the capital markets ...

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