Sharia
The challenge of standardising sharia compliance
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Source: Structured Products
With an estimated worth of around $1.1 trillion in global assets, Islamic finance has experienced continuous growth against a backdrop of global economic turmoil affecting conventional markets. While the...
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Source: Structured Products
The global financial crisis may prove to be a blessing in disguise for Islamic structured products providers in Malaysia, as demand for low-risk, sharia-compliant products is outpacing demand for conventional...
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Sponsored statement: FWU
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Source: Asia Risk
FWU AG was founded in 1989 by international entrepreneur Dr Manfred Dirrheimer, and accounts for more than 160 qualified professionals encompassing 26 different nationalities and speaking 40 different languages
Islamic finance
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Source: Asia Risk
Malaysia has spearheaded the development of sharia-compliant financial services in Asia, with the government giving its full support to the development of Islamic finance for more than two decades. One of its latest efforts is designed to help banks with...
Malaysia’s commodity murabaha push still has a way to go
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Source: Asia Risk
Academics and industry participants in Malaysia are advocating further developments of treasury and money market products, notably via a new exchange initiative. But commodity murabaha structures developed to facilitate liquidity management by banks based...
Islamic structured products gain credibility in Asia
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Source: Asia Risk
The global financial crisis may prove to be a blessing in disguise for Islamic structured products providers in Malaysia, as demand for low-risk, sharia-compliant products is outpacing demand for conventional structured products.
Long road for standardised Islamic derivatives documentation
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Source: Asia Risk
Islamic derivatives users are still getting to grips with a new sharia-compliant master agreement, but some argue the market will be stunted without an accompanying collateral document. Lawyers say that is some way off, so they’re cooking up bespoke...
New frontiers for Islamic finance
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Source: Structured Products
Exchange-traded fund volumes have grown dramatically in Asia in the past couple of years as investors have used them to access new markets and underlyings. Now Islamic ETFs are being readied to hit the market, including Ucits III-compliant funds.
Building sharia products from the bottom up
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Source: Structured Products
Despite being shaken by the credit crisis and restructuring problems in Dubai, Islamic finance has continued to expand and was the fastest-growing segment of the global financial system in 2010, according to some estimates. The latest Islamic structured...
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