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Thinkpad (AXcess News) New York - Dow Jones Co. (NYSE: DJ) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) have launched the Dow Jones Citigroup Sukuk Index that measures performances of global funds that comply with Islamic investment guidelines. The new index was launched Friday.

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Microsoft The index includes investment-grade, US dollar-denominated Islamic bonds known as Sukuk that are issued in the global market. It currently consists of Malaysia Global Sukuk, Sarawak Sukuk, Islamic Development Bank, Solidarity Trust Services Ltd, BMA International Sukuk, Qatar Global Sukuk and Dubai Global Sukuk.

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Laptop Computers Kuala Lumpur had been chosen for the first Sukuk index launch as Malaysia had a natural advantage to become a centre for excellence in Islamic banking and the development of Islamic financial products.

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Laptop Computer Sanjeev Nanavati, who heads Citigroup Malaysia Corporate & Investment Banking, told reporters yesterday, "Citigroup is committed to supporting the development of Kuala Lumpur as an Islamic financial centre, choosing to launch the index here ahead of Bahrain and Dubai."

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Desktop Computer Nanavati pointed out that over US$15 billion in Islamic bonds have been issued and that it was time for a benchmark Sukuk Index to be launched for investors in order to guage the overall performance and set a criteria for investment.

Notebooks Criteria for inclusion of any new Islamic bonds into the index requires compliance with the Auditing & Accounting Organization of Islamic Financial Institutions' Sukuk trading standards and Syariah law and a minimum maturity of one year and an issue size of at least US$250 million.

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