March 7, 2009
Quoted from Business Islamica by M. Umer Chapra. Available at: http://www.islamica-me.com/article.asp?cntnt=100 I can vividly recall the high degree of skepticism that existed about interest-free banking during […]
February 27, 2009
Quoted from Financial Times. Available at: http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/02/11/52352/sharia-compliant-derivatives-a-contradiction-in-terms/ Reuters is running an interesting story on Islamic banks’ struggles to develop hedging tools to cope with market volatility. […]
January 31, 2009
What is it with politicians and CDS? Available at http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/29/51850/what-is-it-with-politicians-and-cds/ FT Alphaville does not believe credit default swaps are The Devil, but many politicians and a […]
January 11, 2009
Quoted from Islamic Finance News. Available at: http://www.islamicfinancenews.com. The fourth annual Islamic Finance news Poll results are in after a record-breaking 2,491 unique votes were cast […]
December 30, 2008
Assalamualaikum, Dear Readers, Conference alert in 2009:- 1. Islamic Perspectives on Management and Finance, University of Leicester, July 2009. Send an abstract to iu6@leicester.ac.uk before 10th […]
December 29, 2008
Available at: http://www.shariahcap.com/the_arboon_sale_english.pdf Introduction Until the present stage of its development, modern Islamic Finance has been without the ability to profit rom falling markets or even […]
December 23, 2008
Quoted from the Islamic Business and Finance by Professor Rodney Wilson available at: (http://www.cpifinancial.net) The criteria for selection outlined in the first part of the article […]
December 19, 2008
Quoted from the Financial Times Barely five years ago, few western investment bankers would have believed that they would be following the fatwas or religious rulings […]
December 19, 2008
Quoted from the Financial Times Barely five years ago, few western investment bankers would have believed that they would be following the fatwas or religious rulings […]
