The Government Issues A Global Sukuk Of 2.75 Billion US Dollars To Finance The 2025 State Budget

JAKARTA - The government issued State Sharia Securities (SBSN) denomination of the United States (US) dollar or Sukuk Gobal worth US$2.75 billion.

Meanwhile, the issuance of the Global Sukuk was carried out in Reg S/144A format consisting of US$1.1 billion with a tenor of 5.5 years, US$900 million with a tenor of 10 years, and US$750 million with a tenor of 30 years, respectively, which matured in 2030, 2034, and 2054.

The Director General of Financing and Risk Management (DJPPR) of the Ministry of Finance, Suminto said this is the fourth time that the Government has issued this issue during 2024 in the global debt securities market in US dollars as well as showing the high interest of investors in issuing government debt securities.

"This Global Tribe was issued by the Government through the SBSN Indonesia III (PPSI-III) Publishing Company, a legal entity that was established and wholly owned by the Government with the aim of issuing securities based on sharia principles in foreign currencies in the international market," he said in his statement, Wednesday, November 20.

Meanwhile, the Global Sukuk set will be held on November 26, 2024 and will be listed on the Singapore Exchange Exchange Securities Trading Limited and NASDAQ Dubai (dual listings). Each tenor has been rated Baa2 by Moody's Investor Service, BBB by S&P Global Ratings Services, and BBB by Fitch Ratings.

This Global Sukuk is sold at a par price with a yield rate of 5.00 percent each for a tenor of 5.5 years, 5.25 percent for a tenor of 10 years, and 5.65 percent for a tenor of 30 years. The Global Sukuk Initial Price Guide is 5.30 percent each for a tenor of 5.5 years, 5.50 percent for a tenor of 10 years, and 5.85 percent for a tenor of 30 years.

Suminto said the final price reflected the strictest spread rate compared to the US Treasury tenor of 10 years and 30 years for both conventional and Sukuk debt securities in the history of Government issuance.

According to him, Sukuk Global uses the contract structure of Wakalah and has obtained sharia opinion approval from the National Sharia Council of the Indonesian Ulema Council (DSN MUI) and Khalij Islamic, Shari'a Advisor of Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, The Internal Shari'a Supervisory Committee (ISSC) of Dubai Islamic Bank PSJC, the Shari'a Committee of JP Morgan, KFH Capital Fatwa & Shari'a Supervisory Board and Standard Chartered Bank Global Shari'a Supervisory Committee.

Suminto conveyed that the issuance of the Global Sukuk was to finance the 2025 State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) earlier (prefunding).

"This transaction is in line with the Government's strategy to finance the state budget in 2025," he explained.

According to Suminto, this transaction has succeeded in attracting interest from various types of investors and geography, showing strong investment interest and market confidence in the Government, given the strong fundamentals of the country's economy.

"The final message reached more than US$4.9 billion in total, or an oversubscribed excess of demand (oversubscribed) of more than 1.8x from issuance, where the peak of orders (peak order) reached more than US$6.9 billion," he explained.

Meanwhile, the issue with a tenor of 5.5 years was distributed 16 percent to Asian investors (ex. Indonesia, the Middle East, Malaysia, Brunei), 61 percent to Middle Eastern, Malaysian and Brunei investors, 6 percent to Indonesian investors, 6 percent to US investors, and 11 percent to European investors.

In addition, the allocation for investors from the Middle East, Malaysia and Brunei for the 5.5-year tenor is 61 percent higher than the 5-year tenor for Sukuk issued in June 2024 of 50 percent showing an increase in penetration of the bases of Middle Eastern investors, Malaysia and Brunei by the Government.

Meanwhile, based on the type of investor, the 5.5-year tenor is allocated 15 percent to asset managers/fund managers, 63 percent to banks/financial institutions, 19 percent to state/central bank assets, 1 percent to insurance/retire funds and 2 percent to private banks/others.

Meanwhile, the 10-year tenor was distributed as much as 16 percent to Asian investors (ex. Indonesia, Middle East, Malaysia, Brunei), 52 percent to Middle Eastern, Malaysian and Brunei investors, 10 percent to Indonesian investors, 9 percent to US investors and 13 percent to European investors.

Meanwhile, based on the type of investor, the 10-year tenor is allocated 22 percent to asset managers/fund managers, 69 percent to banks/financial institutions, 4 percent to insurance/retire funds, 3 percent to state/central bank assets and 2 percent to private banks/others.

Meanwhile, the 30-year tenor was distributed as much as 10 percent to Asian investors (ex. Indonesia, Middle East, Malaysia, Brunei), 1 percent to Middle Eastern, Malaysia and Brunei investors, 9 percent to Indonesian investors, 43 percent to US investors and 37 percent to European investors.

Based on the type of investor, this 30-year tenor is allocated 84 percent to asset/fund managers, 11 percent to banks/financial institutions, 3 percent to insurance/retire funds, 1 percent to state/central bank assets and 1 percent to private banks/others.

Suminto conveyed that the achievement of the issuance of this Global Sukuk, among others, is the largest US dollar issuance in Southeast Asia this year and has helped the Government raise 5.1 billion US dollars through the issuance of US Sukuk in 2024.

According to Suminto, this number is also the largest volume that the Government has successfully auctioned in one year through the issuance of the Global Sukuk.

Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, JP Morgan, KFH Capital, and Standard Chartered Bank act as Joint Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners. PT BRI Danareksa Sekuritas and PT Trimegah Sekuritas Indonesia Tbk act as Co-Managers in this transaction.