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        The concept of syndicated lending may have been born in the 1960s in the world of conventional finance but it was not until earlier this decade that it found its way into the Islamic finance lexicon. Syndicated loans are quite simply an integral part of capital raising for large corporate and financial institutions.
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        Anyone serious about setting up an Islamic venture capital fund, or securing venture capital funding, in a Shariah-compliant manner should acquire a copy of the Securities Commission Malaysia document on Guidelines and Best Practices on Islamic Venture Capital published in May 2008. Essentially these form a set of guidelines and best practices to promote the adoption of appropriate standards for the development of the emerging Islamic venture capital industry.
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        If the Islamic private equity industry has failed to live up to its expectations then Islamic venture capital has followed the same path with even less spectacular results. Indeed discussion of Islamic venture capital is largely theoretical because real life examples are few and far between. The government of Malaysia has done more than any other body to promote and define the industry and indeed has launched a fund, albeit a small $10m fund, to help show the way. 
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    <title>The origins of Islamic private equity in the Gulf</title>
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        The Islamic private equity industry is a very young one and traces its roots back less than a decade. In 2003 Kuwait's Global Investment House appears to have been one of the first institutions to explore Islamic private equity through the launch of a Kuwaiti dinar denominated Private Equity Fund where the investments were channelled into little-known unlisted Kuwaiti companies. Also in Kuwait during the same year, Kuwait Finance House's $100m New Zealand Australia Private Equity Fund was launched.
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    <title>Islamic private equity: An untapped opportunity</title>
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        As the economies of the oil producing countries of the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region have boomed over recent years most areas of finance have witnessed spectacular growth rates. Islamic private equity, however, has not been a particularly large beneficiary of this growth. The reasons for this are hard to fathom. 
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