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Bahrain Taps Bond Market for First Time Since $10 Billion Bailout Package

  • Kingdom sells sukuk bond due 2027, conventional debt due 2031
  • Sale is Bahrain’s first since winning aid package last year
Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, during a meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington on Sept. 16.

Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, during a meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington on Sept. 16.

Photographer: Chris Kleponis/Polaris/Bloomberg

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Bahrain sold $2 billion of bonds in a two-part deal about a year after it secured a bailout package from its wealthier neighbors.

The island kingdom sold dollar-denominated Sharia-compliant securities due 2027 and a conventional bond maturing in 2031, according to a person familiar with the matter, who isn’t authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be identified.