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As new market participants enter the scene, Shariah banking continues to grow despite the threat...
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Middle East:
Monday, January 02 - 2012 at 11:46
Foreign and local banks are intensifying their struggle for the for the region's high net worth...
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Middle East:
Wednesday, September 21 - 2011 at 11:33
Banking with an Islamic covered card, instead of a credit card, offers peace of mind and has...
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United Arab Emirates:
Sunday, July 17 - 2011 at 12:07
Kuwait Finance House Research Limited (KFHR) prepared a report on the Islamic Sukuk market. The...
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Kuwait:
Sunday, May 22 - 2011 at 11:23
According to Ernst and Young, the market for Islamic insurance, known as Takaful, will touch $12...
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Middle East:
Tuesday, April 26 - 2011 at 15:18
Alaska, Uganda, France and Egypt are some of the latest places where the Islamic Finance industry...
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Middle East:
Sunday, April 10 - 2011 at 15:15
Today the Islamic finance industry is worth close to $1trn and spans the globe. From Kuwait to...
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Middle East:
Monday, February 28 - 2011 at 15:39
Combining wealth management with the principles of Islamic law is a relatively young sector in...
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Middle East:
Sunday, February 27 - 2011 at 12:30
Although operating on a lower risk profile due to restrictions on hedge funds, short-selling and...
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Middle East:
Monday, January 24 - 2011 at 16:37
The market for Islamic Bonds, or sukuk, became an indicator for the entire Islamic Finance...
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Middle East:
Thursday, October 28 - 2010 at 12:57
Even during the slowdown that resulted from the financial crisis many new branches of Islamic...
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Middle East:
Sunday, May 23 - 2010 at 12:45
The global volume of sukuk crossed the symbolic level of $100bn in 2009, but will banks be able...
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Middle East:
Sunday, May 09 - 2010 at 15:11
On March 1, 2010 ISDA and IIFM jointly issued the first Shariah-compliant master agreement for...
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Middle East:
Monday, May 03 - 2010 at 13:41
The concept of syndicated lending may have been born in the 1960s in the world of conventional...
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Middle East:
Wednesday, September 16 - 2009 at 16:01
Anyone serious about setting up an Islamic venture capital fund, or securing venture capital...
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Middle East:
Tuesday, September 01 - 2009 at 16:28
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