Islamic finance news

Political divisions slow Islamic Finance in Egypt Available at: http://www.kippreport.com/2012/04/political-divisions-slow-islamic-finance-in-egypt/ As one of Egypt’s biggest commercial banks, AlexBank prepares to launch Islamic financial services next April, […]

Sharia scholar moots agency for standardising Islamic products AFTAB H. KOLA Oman Time Available at: http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?cat=&detail=3785&sec=news Muscat: Dr Ali Mohiyuddin Al Quradaghi, one of the top […]

Dispute Resolution in Islamic Finance By Jonathan Lawrence (jonathan.lawrence@klgates.com), Peter Morton (peter.morton@klgates.com) and Hussain Khan (hussain.khan@klgates.com) of K&L Gates LLP Available at: http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=6e8592de-ff4f-43cb-8ef2-28eec1b77d7e The number of […]

What could go wrong? By Blake Goud: Available at: http://investhalal.blogspot.com/2012/04/what-could-go-wrong.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sharingrisk+%28Sharing+Risk+dot+org+blog%29 When I saw the headline “Emirates Islamic offers 100% financing for UAE homes”, I thought I […]

Islamic finance set to surge Issac John / 18 April 2012 Available at: http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/uaebusiness/2012/April/uaebusiness_April71.xml&section=uaebusiness DUBAI — The Eurozone crisis and widespread protests against the global financial […]

Analysis – Egypt’s Brotherhood raises stakes by excluding IMF By Patrick Werr Available at: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/uk-egypt-imf-idUKBRE83A16I20120411 (Reuters) – In all but ruling out an early agreement on […]

Loss-sharing is not sine qua non for Islamic finance By Afzalul Haq, head of Islamic banking, Bank Asia Available at: http://ae.zawya.com/story/ZAWYA20120403111641/ There remains a misconception amongst […]

Global Islamic finance assets reached $1.3 trillion in 2011 – report Available at: http://www.cpifinancial.net/news/post/13315/global-islamic-finance-assets-reached-1-3-trillion-in-2011-report A new report from The CityUK’s UK Islamic Finance Secretariat (UKIFS) indicates […]