Islamic finance news

Islamic finance outsources scholars’ supervision to grow By Reuters Available at: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/islamic-finance-outsources-scholars-supervision-grow-359820.html Bankers in Islamic finance are increasingly outsourcing sharia supervision due to a lack of […]

Islamic Banks: More Resilient to Crisis? Available at: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2010/RES100410A.htm * Islamic banks fared differently from conventional banks during global crisis * Weaknesses in risk management hurt […]

BNM mulls 5 Shariah advisors for Islamic banks By Habhajan Singh Available at: http://islamicfinanceasia.blogspot.com/2010/10/bnm-mulls-5-shariah-advisors-islamic.html Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is mulling at pushing up the number of […]

Sign posts to Islamic finance 2.0 By Rushdi Siddiqui Available at: http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20101025000658/Article/ IS the AIR (authenticity, innovation and reach) out of Islamic finance? It has been […]

Nakheel to issue sukuk by January 2011 – CEO By Shane McGinley Available at: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/nakheel-issue-sukuk-by-january-2011-ceo-357102.html Nakheel, the debt-laden real estate arm of state-owned conglomerate Dubai World, […]

Establishment of International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) is a big relief By MUSHTAK PARKER | ARAB NEWS Available at: http://arabnews.com/economy/islamicfinance/article158430.ece The announcement by the Islamic […]

Bank of Japan cuts its key rate to zero By HIROKO NAKATA Available at: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20101006a1.html The Bank of Japan cut its key interest rate effectively to […]

Fed, BOJ Signal We Are All Islamic Bankers Now: William Pesek Available at: http://www.musliminvestor.net/banking/bank-of-japan-gives-away-money-interest-free/ Attending Islamic finance conferences these days, it’s hard not to notice how […]