Executive Summary
A total of USD95.25 billion was raised in the GCC Aggregate Bonds and Sukuk market during H1 2018, an increase of 9.64% over USD86.87 billion raised in H1 2017. A total of USD32.68 billion was raised by the GCC Central Banks local issuances (CBLI) whereas USD62.57 billion was raised by GCC sovereign and corporate issuances.
