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Islamic finance needs better risk return
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Islamic finance needs to improve on a risk-return basis and offer a wider choice of offerings if it wants to reach more conventional retail and institutional investors, according to Tai Boon Leong, executive...
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With so many problems elsewhere around the globe, the Middle East is a shining ray of light. High oil prices - which touched $147 a barrel in July before sliding back to the $125 level - have meant there...
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Attempts by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association to establish a master agreement for sharia-compliant derivatives have been in the works since the early part of the decade. With no fixed...
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Meeting all tastes
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Bahraini Basel
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Sharia-compliant transactions weren't even mentioned in Basel II, but that hasn't stopped Islamic banks pressing on with an adapted version. Wietske Blees talks to the Central Bank of Bahrain about the subtleties of implementation
Landing on his feet
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Structuring for sharia
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There has been strong demand from Islamic investors for structured products that comply with sharia over the past few years, but product providers have been limited in the types of underlyings and payouts they can offer. A number of banks are now pushing...
Picking up the pace
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The mesmeric allure of Islamic finance continues to draw an ever-increasing number of international banks. A few years ago, European institutions were more or less alone in targeting investors in the Gulf. Now, with the bank balances of Middle Eastern...
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