INDONESIA - CAPITAL MARKETS - Indonesia Reports ‘Excessive’ Demand for Sukuk Bonds

www.thejakartaglobe.com -Surabaya. The Indonesian government
has issued Rp 120 trillion ($12.84 billion) in Islamic bonds, better
known as sukuk, over the past four years, which the Finance Ministry
attributes to an "excessive" demand among Muslim investors. The
ministry’s director for Shariah financing, Dahlan Siamat, said the
government issued its first sukuk in 2008, and as of Thursday